With the demand for high resolution cameras in Ultra Slim phones increasing exponentially, Samsung has stood up to the challenge and has delivered what seems to be the world's first 3-MegaPixel CMOS image sensor (CIS) with a 1/4-inch lens aperture that is well suited for ultra slim camera phones.

Making use of the 90-nanometer (nm) process technology, the 1.75um-size pixel enables the 1/4-inch lens aperture to drastically reduce the camera module size by 30 percent as opposed to a conventional 2.25um pixel 1/3-inch lens aperture 3M-pixel CIS. The small form factor allows the replacement of the conventional 1/4-inch lens aperture 2M-pixel CIS module with the M-pixel CIS module. In 2007, camera phones are expected to account for 74 percent of total mobile phones, according to the research, Samsung surely is heading in the right direction.