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IP Camera: SmartSens CMOS Image Sensors

Unifore Security

October 17,2016-8:49 PM

Just several months ago, Sony halted CMOS image sensor production several times due to a series of earthquake in Kumamoto Japan, this caused the shortage of Sony CMOS image sensor in the market. Furthermore, CNY keeps depreciating since last year, people realized the currency has entered into depreciation phase. Instead of importing CMOS image sensors from abroad, many Chinese manufacturers has already decided to use image sensors from domestic brands.

No wonder, today if you get an IP camera from Chinese manufacturers, likely your camera uses a CMOS image sensor from a company called – SmartSens.

Founded in 2011, the SmartSens keep focusing on developing and manufacturing the CMOS image sensors that dedicated to video surveillance and industrial camera applications. The company is able to produce 2.2um pixel size CMOS image sensor offering resolution from 0.5 megapixel to 5 megapixel.

SmartSens CMOS image sensors are the perfect substitutes to CMOS image sensors from well-known brands such as Sony, OmniVision, On Semiconductor, Panasonic etc. SmartSens can capture crisp image and also feature good low light performance. It can give you the exact same performance like an ON Semiconductor CMOS image sensor. Online rumors revealed Smartsens’s senior engineers are former employees used to work in Aptina (being acquired by ON Semiconductor in August 2014).

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1.0MP/720p CMOS Image Sensors

Product type	Model	Status	Resolution	Sensor Size	Pixel Size	Frame rate	Output	Package	Note
Digital	SC1042	Production	720P (1280H×720V)	1/4”	3um*3um	30	YUV	DVP/SMPTE296	PLCC-52
Digital	SC1045	Production	720P (1280Hx720V)	1/4”	3um*3um	60	RAW	DVP	CSP-28
Digital	SC1020	Production	720P (1280Hx720V)	1/1.8”	6um*6um	60	RAW	DVP	PLCC-48

1.3MP/960P CMOS Image Sensor

Product type	Model	Status	Resolution	Sensor Size	Pixel Size	Frame rate	Output	Package	Note
Digital	SC1035	Production	960P (1280H×960V)	1/2.8”	4um*4um	45	RAW	DVP	PLCC-48
Digital	SC1135	Production	960P (1280Hx960V)	1/3”	3.75um*3.75um	60	RAW	DVP	CSP-48

2MP/1080P CMOS Image Sensor

Product type	Model	Status	Resolution	Sensor Size	Pixel Size	Frame rate	Output	Package	Note
Digital	SC2032	Production	1080P (1920H×1080V)	1/2.7”	3um*3um	30	YUV	DVP/BT1120	PLCC-52
Digital	SC2135	Production	1080P (1920Hx1080V)	1/2.7”	3um*3um	30	RAW	DVP	PLCC-48
Digital	SC2045	Production	1080P (1920Hx1080V)	1/3.6”	2.2um*2.2um	30	RAW	DVP	CSP-54

3MP/1536P CMOS Image Sensor

Product type	Model	Status	Resolution	Sensor Size	Pixel Size	Frame rate	Output	Package	Note
Digital	SC3035-M	Production	3MP (2304H×1536V)	1/3”	2.2um*2.2um	60	RAW	MIPI	PLCC-48
Digital	SC3035-D	Production	3MP (2304Hx1536V)	1/3”	2.2um*2.2um	30	RAW	DVP	PLCC-48

Currently, there is no 5-megapixel CMOS image sensors listed in SmartSens's official website. We will keep updating the list once we have the information.