Samsung debuts its smallest 200-megapixel smartphone sensor yet

Samsung Electronics has unveiled its newest 200-megapixel digicam sensor with among the tiniest pixels but, which it says will enable producers to maintain their premium smartphones slim. On the similar time, the HP3 sensor packs know-how like autofocus functionality in each pixel, binning for higher low gentle functionality and multi-gain ISO for optimum dynamic vary. 

The sensor is 1/1.4-inches in measurement, pretty giant for a smartphone however extraordinarily tiny for a 200-megapixel sensor. Samsung claims that it has the trade’s smallest pixels at 0.56 microns, 20 p.c smaller than the 0.64 micron pixels of the ISOCELL HP1 launched final yr. Nevertheless, that is not fairly correct, as Chinese language producer Omnivision unveiled a 200-megapixel sensor with the identical 0.56 micron pixel measurement again in February. 

Nonetheless, Samsung’s sensor has some good tech tips. Every pixel has autofocus detection functionality and the “Tremendous QPD” tech makes use of a single lens over 4 pixels that permits for faster and extra correct autofocus. It could additionally bin 4 0.56 micron pixels into a bigger 1.12 micron 50-megapixel sensor for higher low gentle functionality, and even mix 16 pixels into one 2.24 microns in measurement. That is nonetheless significantly smaller than most digicam sensor pixels (Sony’s 61-megapixel full-frame A7R IV sensor has 3.76 micron pixels), however ought to enable for respectable low-light capturing functionality. 

Along with high-res photographs, it permits for 8K video at 30fps and 4K at 120fps, whereas utilizing almost the total sensor width. Lastly, it presents 14-bit colour depth (4 trillion colours), quadrupling the 12-bit depth of most smartphone sensors. Mass manufacturing is ready to start this yr, and you may most likely see 200-megapixel telephones utilizing the sensor in 2023.