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SUI Unveils High-Resolution, High-Speed, InGaAs Shortwave IR Windowing Camera
September 25, 2006
Princeton, NJ -- SUI (Sensors Unlimited, Inc.), part of Goodrich Corporation has introduced a new high-frame-rate, high-resolution shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera, the SU640SDWH-1.7RT. The innovative, indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) camera has unprecedented high-speed and regions of interest (ROI) windowing capabilities with high sensitivity SWIR spectral response from 900 nm to 1700 nm. The new 640 x 512 pixel focal plane array (FPA) on a 25-micron pitch captures full-size images at 109 frames per second (fps) or can image smaller ROI at over 15,000 fps with 100 percent fill factor.
The all-solid-state InGaAs camera features room temperature FPA operation with a single 14-bit digital Camera Link compatible output and a simultaneous analog video NTSC output. The high-speed camera can also be controlled by serial commands that permit users complete control over the ROI window size, position and integration time. The ultra-high sensitivity, windowing camera features excellent image quality with on-board non-uniformity corrections and anti-blooming protection. External triggering of full frame or ROI acquisition and user-programmable exposure times make this camera ideal for capturing pulsed or high speed events in low-light conditions.
Shortwave infrared imaging applications include machine vision, pulsed laser beam profiling, high-speed motion analysis, thermal imaging of combustion or rocket plumes, free-space communications lasers or guide star alignment, high-speed semiconductor inspection, optical switch monitoring, hyperspectral imaging and other real-time, image-tracking tasks.
