OMNIVISION Launches Ultra High Dynamic Range 1-inch Image Sensor for Movie-Grade Video Capture in Flagship Smartphones

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OMNIVISION, a leading global developer of semiconductor technology, including advanced digital imaging, analog and display solutions, today launched its new OV50X CMOS image sensor with the mobile phone industry’s highest dynamic range, for movie-grade video capture. The OV50X is a 50-megapixel (MP) sensor with a 1.6-micron (µm) pixel in a 1-inch optical format designed for flagship smartphones that require high dynamic range (HDR) video and preview with single exposure, excellent low-light performance, fast autofocus and high frame rates.

“Smartphones are used in the majority of video and photo capture today, and cinematic-quality video recording has become a highly demanded feature among consumers for flagship mobile phones,” said Takuritsu Li, marketing manager, OMNIVISION. “Our OV50X image sensor was designed with the professional videographer and photographer in mind, featuring a large 1-inch optical format image sensor that provides close to 110 decibel (dB) single-exposure HDR; consumers can now own a smartphone capable of superior video and photo capture around the clock, even in challenging capture conditions such as sunrise, sunset, nighttime with bright lights, or overcast days.”

The OV50X supports 4-cell binning for 12.5MP at 180 frames per second (fps) and 60 fps with three-channel HDR. It offers premium-quality 8K video with dual analog gain (DAG) HDR and on-sensor crop zoom. OMNIVISION’s TheiaCel™ technology further expands single exposure HDR close to 110 dB—the highest range possible in smartphones. The sensor also supports 100% coverage quad phase detection (QPD) for best-in-class autofocus performance. The OV50X is built on OMNIVISION’s PureCel®Plus-S stacked-die technology, enabling excellent low light performance.

The OV50X is sampling now and will be in mass production in Q3 2025. For more information, contact your OMNIVISION sales representative: www.ovt.com/contact-sales.

About OMNIVISION

OMNIVISION is a global, fabless semiconductor organization that develops advanced digital imaging, analog and display solutions for multiple applications and industries, including: mobile phones, security and surveillance, automotive, computing, medical, machine vision and emerging applications. Its award-winning, innovative technologies enable a smoother human/machine interface in many of today’s commercial devices. Find out more at www.ovt.com.

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