5MP OV5647: Download Full Datasheet (Specs, Pinouts, Registers & Diagrams)

Download full sensor datasheets of OminiVision CMOS sensors

What you will find in the OV5647 datasheet

  1. Signal descriptions.
  2. System level description.
  3. Block level description.
  4. Image sensor core digital functions.
  5. Image sensor processor digital functions.
  6. Image sensor output interface digital functions.
  7. Register tables.
  8. Operating specifications.
  9. Mechanical specifications.
  10. Optical specifications.

1/4" color CMOS QSXGA (5 megapixel) image sensor by OminiVision

  • active array size: 2592 x 1944
  • power supply:
    • core: 1.5V + 5% (with embedded 1.5V regulator)
    • analog: 2.6 ~ 3.0V (2.8V typical)
  • I/O: 1.7V ~ 3.0V
  • temperature range:
    • operating: -30°C to 70°C
    • stable image: 0°C to 50°C
  • output formats: 8-/10-bit RGB RAW output
  • lens size: 1/4"
  • lens chief ray angle: 24°
  • input clock frequency: 6~27 MHz
  • maximum image transfer rate:
    • QSXGA (2592 x 1944): 15 fps
    • 1080p: 30 fps
    • 960p: 45 fps
    • 720p: 60 fps
    • VGA (640 x 480): 90 fps
    • QVGA (320 x 240): 120 fps
  • shutter: rolling shutter / global shutter
  • maximum exposure interval: 1968 x tROW
  • pixel size: 1.4 μm x 1.4 μm
  • well capacity: TBD
  • dark current: TBD
  • fixed pattern noise (FPN): TBD
  • image area: 3673.6 μm x 2738.4 μm
  • die dimensions: 5520 μm x 4700 μm

Key Features

  • 4 μm x 1.4 μm pixel with OmniBSI technology for high performance (high sensitivity, low crosstalk, low noise)
  • optical size of 1/4"
  • automatic image control functions: automatic exposure control (AEC), automatic white balance (AWB), automatic band filter (ABF), automatic 50/60 Hz luminance detection, and automatic black level calibration (ABLC)
  • programmable controls for frame rate, AEC/AGC 16-zone size/position/weight control, mirror and flip, cropping, windowing, and panning
  • image quality controls: lens correction, defective pixel canceling
  • support for output formats: 8-/10-bit raw RGB data
  • support for video or snapshot operations
  • support for LED and flash strobe mode
  • support for internal and external frame synchronization for frame exposure mode
  • support for horizontal and vertical sub-sampling
  • standard serial SCCB interface
  • digital video port (DVP) parallel output interface
  • MIPI interface (two lanes)
  • 32 bytes of embedded one-time programmable (OTP) memory
  • on-chip phase lock loop (PLL)
  • embedded 1.5V regulator for core power
  • programmable I/O drive capability, I/O tri-state configurability
  • support for black sun cancellation

Where to download the datasheet

Get the full datasheet here >

Launch date

OminiVision launched this sensor in late 2009, it became popular since RPi foundation’s release of the OV5647-powered camera module V1.

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