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Image sensorsOmniVision OV5640
Image sensor
- Effective sensor resolution
- 5 MP
- Native pixel pitch
- 1.4 µm
- Optical format
- 1/4-type
- Sensor technology
- CMOS
The sensor, in perspective.
Capture area at a shared scale. The dashed outline is a 36 × 24 mm full-frame reference.
OmniVision OV5640
Approximate area only. Width and height are unknown, so no sensor outline or crop factor is inferred.
- Sensor area indexEstimated · full frame = 100From native pixel pitch and sensor resolution.
- ≈ 1.1*
- Active dimensions
- —
- Estimated area
- ≈ 9.80* mm²
- Crop factor
- —
- Area vs full frame
- —
The index is calculated from area, assuming equal scene illumination, f-number and exposure time. It is not a low-light test or an image-quality score: lens transmission, quantum efficiency, noise and processing are not included. A crop mode changes the area used, not the physical sensor.
Dynamic range ≠ EV operating range. Autofocus and metering limits describe operating conditions. Manufacturer HDR claims appear separately below; independent dynamic-range measurements require a matched test method, ISO and noise threshold.
Sensor specifications
- Effective sensor resolution
- 5 MP
- Declared sensor resolution
- 5 MP*
- Declared pixel size
- 1.4 µm*
- Native pixel pitch
- 1.4 µm
- Optical format
- 1/4-type
- Sensor technology
- CMOS
Pixel binning modes
- 2-by-2 video binning
- Pixels combined
- 4
- Variant / details
- Manufacturer 720p/60 video mode; output crop and resampling remain separate
Capture & exposure
- Camera family
- Image sensor
- Sensor application
- Mobile imaging
- Shutter
- Rolling*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications · 20 fields
- Declared sensor resolution
- 5.0* MP
Scope and conditions
- Scope
- Native active pixel count unspecified*
- Declared sensor resolution
- 5.0* MP
Scope and conditions
- Scope
- Native active pixel count unspecified*
- cfa
- RGB Bayer*
- cfa
- RGB Bayer*
- declared interfaces
- MIPI (2 Lane)*
- declared interfaces
- DVP*
- declared output format
- YUV,RGB,Raw 8/10-bit,JPEG,BT.656*
- declared output format
- YUV,RGB,Raw 8/10-bit,JPEG,BT.656*
- declared package options
- CSP*
- declared package options
- CSP*
- Declared pixel size
- 1.4* µm
Scope and conditions
- Scope
- Native or binned mode unspecified*
- Declared pixel size
- 1.4* µm
Scope and conditions
- Scope
- Native or binned mode unspecified*
- manufacturer capability max frame rate
- value
- 30.0*
- unit
- fps*
- scope
- Supplier capability, not an independently measured benchmark or proven mode/bit-depth combination*
- manufacturer capability max frame rate
- value
- 30.0*
- unit
- fps*
- scope
- Supplier capability, not an independently measured benchmark or proven mode/bit-depth combination*
- nominal optical type
- 1/4*
- nominal optical type
- 1/4*
- shutter
- Rolling*
- shutter
- Rolling*
- technology
- OmniBSI*
- technology
- OmniBSI*
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* Provisional data