OV9712 720p

HD video image sensor product brief

The OV9712 Offers Best-in-Class 720p HD

lead free
Video Performance at 30 Frames Per Second (fps)
available in
a lead-free Enabled by OmniVision's proprietary The OV9712 incorporates advanced image
package OmniPixel3-HS™ high sensitivity pixel technology processing functions, including exposure control,
with 3 x 3 µm pixel and low-light sensitivity of gain control, white balance, lens correction and
3.3 V/(lux-sec), the OV9712 provides vivid defective pixel correction, programmable through
imaging in virtually every lighting condition from the serial camera control bus (SCCB) interface.
bright daylight to nearly complete darkness. As a For storage purposes, it includes one-time
result, it is ideally suited for use in all camera programmable (OTP) memory.
phone and PC multimedia cameras.
The OV9712 is available in a CSP2 package and is
The 1/4-inch OV9712 sensor provides full-frame, capable of operating within a temperature range
sub-sampled or windowed 8-bit/10-bit images in of -30°C to +70°C.
raw RGB format via the digital video port and with
complete user control over image quality, Find out more at www.ovt.com.
formatting and output data transfer. The OV9712
offers a chief ray angle (CRA) of 25°.

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Applications OV9712
¬ Notebooks ¬ Webcams

¬ Telepresence ¬ Medical

¬ Mobile Phones ¬ Entertainment

¬ Digital Still Cameras Ordering Information

¬ OV09712-V28A ¬ OV09712-G04A
(color, lead-free, 28-pin CSP2) (color, chip probing, 200 µm
backgrinding, reconstructed wafer)

Product Features
¬ high sensitivity for low-light operation ¬ support for horizontal and vertical
sub-sampling
¬ ultra low power and low cost Product Specifications
¬ support for black sun cancellation
¬ automatic image control functions:
¬ active array size: 1280 x 800 ¬ dynamic range: 69 dB
- automatic exposure control (AEC) ¬ support for internal and external
- automatic gain control (AGC) frame cancellation
¬ power supply: ¬ maximum image transfer rate:
- automatic white balance (AWB)
- core: 1.5 VDC ±5% - WXGA (1280x800): 30 fps
- automatic band filter (ABF) ¬ standard serial camera control bus
- analog: 3.0 ~ 3.6 V - HD 720p (1280x720): 30 fps
- automatic black level calibration (ABLC) (SCCB) interface
- I/O: 1.7 ~ 3.6 V - VGA (640x480): 60 fps
¬ programmable controls: ¬ digital video port (DVP) parallel
¬ power requirements: ¬ sensitivity: 3300 mV/(lux-sec)
- frame rate output interface
- active: 110 mW
- AEC/AGC 16-zone size/position/
- standby: 50 µA ¬ S/N ratio: 39 dB
weight control ¬ embedded one-time programmable
- mirror and flip (OTP) memory
¬ temperature range: ¬ maximum exposure interval:
- cropping and windowing
- operating: -30°C to 70°C 826 x tROW
¬ on-chip phase lock loop (PLL)
- stable image: 0°C to 50°C
¬ image quality controls:
¬ pixel size: 3 µm x 3 µm
- lens correction ¬ built-in 1.5V regulator for core
¬ output formats: 10-bit RAW RGB
- defective pixel canceling
data ¬ well capacity: 13 Ke-
¬ output support for raw RGB supports
¬ lens size: 1/4" ¬ dark current: 20 mV/s @ 60°C
image sizes:
- WXGA (1280x800)
¬ lens chief ray angle: 25° non-linear ¬ image area: 3888 µm x 2430 µm
- HD 720p (1280x720)
- VGA (640x480)
¬ input clock frequency: 6 ~ 27 MHz ¬ package/die dimensions:
- CSP2: 5415 µm x 4415 µm
- COB: 5430 µm x 4430 µm

Functional Block Diagram

OV9712
image sensor core image image
sensor output
column processor interface
sample/hold
digital gain
calibration
black level
row select

formatter

image 10-bit
DVP
DSP

AMP Y[9:0]
array A/D

gain control

control register bank

PLL timing generator and system control logic SCCB slave interface
XCLK

PWDN

RSTB

VSYNC

HREF

PCLK

SIOC

SIOD

4275 Burton Drive Tel: + 1 408 567 3000 OmniVision reserves the right to make changes to their products or to discontinue any product or
service without further notice. OmniVision and OmniPixel are registered trademarks of OmniVision
Santa Clara, CA 95054 Fax: + 1 408 567 3001 Technologies, Inc. The OmniVision logo and OmniPixel3-HS are trademarks of OmniVision
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Version 1.1, December, 2009