New Samsung image sensors are slimmer and meant for bezel-less smartphones

Last updated: October 11th, 2017 at 09:30 UTC+01:00

Samsung today announced its new prototype sensors under its ISOCELL brand. The two new Samsung image sensors are slimmer than previous sensors and are meant for smartphones with large, bezel-less displays. The new sensors include the i.28-micrometer 12-megapixel ISOCELL Fast 2L9 with Dual Pixel technology and the ultra-small 0.9μm 24-megapixel ISOCELL Slim 2X7 with Tetracell engineering science.

New Samsung Prototype Sensors

Samsung sorts its ISOCELL epitome sensors in four categories – Fast, Slim, Bright and Dual – depending on their key attributes. Every bit the demand increases for slimmer smartphones, the new Samsung epitome sensors offer high resolution in pocket-sized scrap packages.

The new Dual Pixel ISOCELL Fast 2L9 image sensor enables ultra-fast auto-focus at a reduced pixel size, Samsung has shrunk the pixel size from 1.4μm on the predecessor to i.28μm on the Fast 2L9.

The smaller pixel size enables the Fast 2L9 to fit in slimmer camera modules then the handsets don't demand to have a camera crash-land. The Dual Pixel engineering science powers the depth-of-field issue for bokeh images with a conventional single lens camera.

Samsung says that the ISOCELL Slim 2X7 is the first sensor in the industry to take a pixel size below 1.0μm. Despite its 0.9μm pixel size, information technology provides high color allegiance with less noise due to the improved DTI (deep trench isolation) technology. The minor pixel size also enables a 24-megapixel image sensor to be fitted to a slimmer photographic camera module.

It also features Tetracell technology which enables the sensor to have brighter photos in low-light environments and more detailed ones in well-lit environments. It does that by merging four neighboring pixels to work equally ane in lodge to increase calorie-free sensitivity.

Samsung says that information technology will continue to further develop the Dual Pixel and 0.9μm pixel product categories so we can wait to see more improvements on this front down the road.

Samsung image sensors