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Corephotonics has partnered with camera module integrator Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) to develop a complete reference design, based on Core’s dual camera technology. They say that through this reference design, which is now in volume production, smart phone manufacturers will benefit from “dramatic enhancements in image quality without any impact on the slim designs that consumers now expect from their handsets”. The new partnership combines SEMCO’s expertise in camera module design and manufacturing, with Corephotonics’ camera-related technologies.

The dual camera concept enabled by Corephotonics’ technology presents smartphone manufacturers with greatly improved imaging capabilities: better zoom, increased effective resolution and broader dynamic range.

The Core design has one camera producing a wide field of view (FOV) image - as with the technology found in a conventional smart phone. In addition, however, there is a second camera that features a telephoto lens, which addresses the narrow FOV image. The result is an imaging mechanism that can deliver up to 3x optical zoom and provides the user with highly detailed photographs even in low light conditions.

Combining such imaging capabilities with proprietary lens design and actuator implementation allows a compact form factor (down to 5.5 mm in z-height) to be maintained, while eliminating delicate opto-mechanical arrangements that are prone to damage.