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     AMS has released its latest Global Shutter CMOS image sensor Mira050 (2.3mm x 2.8mm, 500,000 pixels), further expanding the compact, highly sensitive Mira family of Global shutter CMOS image sensors product portfolio. Mira050 is highly sensitive to visible and near infrared (NIR) light, enabling engineering designers to save space and power in wearable and mobile devices. Mira050 is suitable for applications such as eye movement tracking, gesture tracking and situational awareness in AR/VR/MR Headdisplay, object detection in robots, and 3D depth sensing for face recognition in smart door locks

     Mira050 integrates high performance technology in a miniature package with numerous ultra-low power features. Even at full resolution and a 120fps frame rate, power consumption is only 47mW and standby power as low as 60µW. From a technical point of view, Mira050 is very sensitive to visible and near-infrared light, which is also matched by high quantum efficiency. According to Imas Osram's internal tests, the quantum efficiency is 36% at 940nm and 56% at 850nm in the near infrared spectrum; Up to 93% at 550nm in the visible light range. The Mira050 sensor can operate under low power illuminator and weak natural light conditions, thus saving power.

     The on-chip power management can also adjust the power supply to each functional module based on the frame rate and exposure time Settings, helping to further extend battery life. Mira050 is designed to simplify the development of high-performance imaging systems with features such as on-chip event detection and background light elimination.

     "In wearable and mobile devices, the most important parameters for image sensors are effective sensitive area utilization/efficiency and power consumption," said Jens Milnikel, executive vice president and general manager of AMS's Image Sensor Solutions business. In this regard, the Mira050 is a market leader, delivering higher resolution, higher sensitivity and lower power consumption in a smaller size."