FEATURES

• Peak QE of 65% at 520-550 nm and extended red/near IR spectral response up to 1100nm
  

• Fusion driver with 16-bit image digitization
  

• Actual dynamic range >14-bits (RMS noise in darkness < 3.5 ADU @16-bit / 10MHz digitisation using highest quality setting)
  

• Gives equivalent sensor full well capacity = 225,000 e- per pixel Faster acquisition lower quality setting gives useful dynamic range of >14-bits (but with increased noise at high intensity values > 3,500 ADUs)
  

• 1392 x 1040 pixel resolution at 10MHz. Up to 13 frames per second (900 x 900 pixel) with fast 20 MHz readout driver (or up to > 80 frames per second with binning)
  

• User selectable gain range 10:1 with additional gain boost feature
  

• Thermoelectric CCD cooling plus air secondary cooling, with a typical stabilized T of >30 degs C, reduces dark current to allow longer on-chip integration of up to 10+ minutes

• For technical specification - see Acrobat file
  

The camera has three important modes of operation, Fusion, Pipelined and Triggered mode.
In the Fusion mode the camera takes multiple images, which are then processed to produce a 16-bit final image. At the highest quality setting, the Fusion mode image is identical to that produced by a 16-bit slow scan camera.

The camera can be simply switched from standard mode, where preview imaging can give a stream of fast 12-bit images,into fusion mode for highest dynamic range 16-bit imaging.

Pipelined mode gives the camera the ability to take a fast sequence of triggered images, where the time between images is reduced by taking the next image in parallel whilst the previous image is being read out. The Pipelined mode includes a faster pixel clock to reduce the exposure and readout cycle. The camera can be triggered by software or by external hardware trigger. This gives the user easy control of precise timing of image capture and, by using binning, provides 80 f·p·s.

Triggered mode allows the image to be captured when demanded - both hardware and software external triggers are supported and can be used with Fusion mode.
The camera has independent binning in X and Y, which makes the camera addition-ally suited to spectroscopy applications where binning in Y only greatly increases sensitivity whilst keeping maximum linear resolution. When combined with Fusion mode this gives 16-bit digitisation which allows very faint spectral lines to be observed and accurately compared.
Windowing is also available, and is user selectable in X&Y.
The CoolView FDI provides a flexible digital camera offering high speed imaging coupled with 16-bit slow scan performance.