OmniVision Technologies Inc.'s latest OV7960 SoC solution for professional-grade closed circuit television (CCTV) applications meets the high-sensitivity demands of the security market. Featuring low light sensitivity of 12V/lux-s, the OV7960 is optimized for NTSC and PAL applications and delivers vivid image capture, making it an ideal solution for both indoor and outdoor security applications.
Featuring the high-sensitivity 6x6µm OmniPixel3-HS architecture, OmniVision’s most advanced generation of front side illumination pixel architectures, the low-voltage, high-performance OV7960 provides the full functionality of a single-chip digital/analog NTSC/PAL sensor. It operates at 30fps in VGA mode, 50fps in PAL mode, and 60fps in NTSC mode, and has an active array size of 768x576 to support both PAL and NTSC outputs.
The OV7960 incorporates advanced image processing functions, including exposure control, gain control, white balance, lens correction and defective pixel correction to provide full-frame images. These functions are programmable through the serial camera control bus (SCCB) interface. For storage purposes, the OV7960 includes 16 bytes of one-time programmable (OTP) memory.
The OV7960 features automatic exposure/gain with 16 zone control, horizontal and vertical windowing capability, aperture/gamma correction, external frame sync capability and extremely low dark current for high temperature applications. The OV7960 comes in a variety of lead-free packaging options, and is capable of operating within a temperature range of -20°C to 70°C.
Click here for more information on OmniVision
