OmniVision

OmniVision (OmniVision Technologies, Inc.) is an American integrated-circuit design company specializing in digital imaging technologies, primarily CMOS image sensors. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, its products are used in smartphones, laptops, webcams, surveillance systems, automotive, medical imaging and wearables. OmniVision went public on Nasdaq in 2000 (ticker OVTI). In 2016 it was acquired by a consortium of Chinese investors (Hua Capital Management, CITIC Capital, Goldstone Investment) and taken private. In 2019 it came under the control of Chinese semiconductor company Will Semiconductor and was integrated as OmniVision Group. Its notable technologies include backside-illuminated (OmniBSI) sensors, CameraCubeChip modules, Nyxel near-infrared technology and the PureCel pixel technology family.