Samsung has announced the development of two new hardware modules that will be integrated in mobile devices in the near future. First is the 8 megapixel RWB (red-white-blue) image sensor based on ISOCELL technology and second is the NFC chip with improved radio frequency.
The S5K4H5YB 8 megapixel ISOCELL RWB CMOS image sensor is targeted as an apt solution for the front-facing camera as the ISOCELL technology coupled with RWB colour pattern filter offers good low light performance and also helps to keep colour fidelity in images.
Samsung claims ISOCELL pixel allows “30 percent decrease in crosstalk and 30 percent increase in full-well capacity when compared to conventional BSI (Back Side Illumination) pixels” whereas the RWB colour pattern offers an improvement of over 3 decibels in signal-to-noise ratio in low light conditions.
Interested manufacturers can sample the module now with mass production slated for Q2 2015.
Samsung’s S3FWRN5P is currently in fourth-generation and claims to improve RF (radio frequency) performance by about 100 percent over its predecessor in card mode and 20 percent in reader mode, respectively.
The NFC module also enables slimmer designed phones due to the film-type antenna that can be attached to the phone’s battery.
The NFC is currently in mass production.
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