C9100-03 Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) Hamamatsu Corporation – Electron Multiplying TDI CCD Camera

EM-TDI CCD Camera
C9100-03
Electron Multiplying TDI CCD Camera
SPECTRAL RESPONSE
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The C9100-03 is a unique EM (Electron Multiplying) CCD camera with
TDI readout mode. The combination of this EM and TDI (Time Delay
Integration) technology enables seamless high speed scanning for ultra
low light objects.
Significant performance of high gain, excellent signal to noise ratio, high
resolution and high speed are combined with a proprietary hermetic
vacuum chamber evacuated to approx.1.3×10^-6 Pa (10^-8 Torr).
Furthermore, the camera controls cooling temperature stably at -50 ˚C
even when the ambient temperature is fluctuated from 0 ˚C to +40 ˚C.
This stable cooling temperature contributes to the uniform electron
multiplying factor. 2000 times gain factor is possible while operating at
30.9 kHz line rate and 14 bit digitization.
Integration of the high vacuum, stable deep cooling and optimally
designed electronics enables to minimize the camera noise. The
readout noise of this camera is less than one electron at maximum EM
gain. In addition to that integration of on-chip EM gain feature and stable
deep cooling performance contribute to increase signal level
significantly against camera noise.
The C9100-03 is recommended for any application requiring, high
speed, high sensitivity and high resolution imaging under ultra low light
condition.
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Perfectly seamless image acquisition with high sensitivity and high-speed
TDI (Time Delay Integration) is a particular readout method of the
CCD. When charges are readout from the CCD, the CCD vertically
transfers the charges line by line. If the charge transferring speed and
the object moving speed are matched perfectly, it enables exposure
time for the moving object to be as long as the charge transferring time
of the vertical stages in the CCD. This method is called TDI, the
technology enables to capture image of moving object with high speed
and high sensitivity.
TDI Sensor
Signal intensity
Scanning
direction
Camera
Lens
FEATURES
TDI mode and Area mode in one camera
Resolution 1000(H) × 1000(V)
Pixel clock 35 MHz
Line rate up to 30.9 kHz in TDI mode
High EM gain (2000x)
14 bit A/D converter
Stable cooling at - 50 ˚C
Electrical shutter
Cyclic trigger
Object motion
APPLICATIONS
High speed and high resolution scanning for low
light application e.g. Ultra low light fluorescence
imaging
Continuous imaging for moving object, flowing
material and large size sample