Hamamatsu Introduces A Scientific CMOS Board-Level Camera For OEMs
Hamamatsu introduces the new C11440-50B board-level camera for OEMs. Based on a next-generation scientific CMOS image sensor, the C11440-50B board-level camera combines high resolution, high sensitivity, high speed, and low noise.
At the camera's core is a new scientific CMOS image sensor, the FL-280, which features 2.8 megapixels and a pixel size of 3.63 x 3.63 µm, ensuring high resolution. The sensor's wavelength sensitivity ranges from UV to NIR, with peak sensitivity (over 60% quantum efficiency) at about 450-500 nm. In addition to high sensitivity, the sensor features low readout noise, typically 3 electrons r.m.s. The sensor's design keeps the readout noise minimal even at very fast readout speeds, unlike traditional CCD and CMOS image sensors. Possible readout speed ranges from 45 frames/second at full resolution up to 1273 frames/second with sub-array readout. The image sensor has a wide dynamic range of 4500:1.
The camera's two IEEE1394b interface (FireWire) offer a low-cost communication and power interface, while the camera's various external trigger options allow seamless integration with the OEM customer's equipment. This camera is suitable for a wide variety of OEM imaging applications. These include life science imaging such as high-speed calcium imaging, FRET, FISH, TIRF microscopy, and real-time confocal microscopy. Other applications include semiconductor inspection and industrial imaging.
Hamamatsu will be exhibiting the C11440-50B OEM camera at Photonics West 2011 booth # 1313 on January 25-27, 2011.
For more information about the C11440-50B, please call Hamamatsu Corporation at 1-800-524-0504 or visit the company's website, http://sales.hamamatsu.com.
About Hamamatsu Corporation
Hamamatsu Corporation is the North American subsidiary of Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. (Japan), a leading manufacturer of devices for the generation and measurement of infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. These devices include photodiodes, photomultiplier tubes, scientific light sources, infrared detectors, photoconductive detectors, and image sensors. The parent company is dedicated to the advancement of photonics through extensive research. This corporate philosophy results in state-of-the-art products which are used throughout the world in scientific, industrial, and commercial applications.
SOURCE: Hamamatsu Corporation