Live From Photonics West 2012: High-Definition sCMOS Image Sensor Launched

BAE Systems introduced a new scientific CMOS (sCMOS) image sensor during Photonics West — the Fairchild Imaging CIS1021. In this video, Business Development Manager Mark Christenson tells us about the CIS1021, which combines low noise, high speed, and high dynamic range to deliver high-definition images for scientific imaging and industrial and surveillance applications.

Video Transcript

Mark Christenson: Hi, how are you? My name is Mark Christenson. I am the Business Development Manager for BAE Systems, imaging solutions and we are the maker of the Fairchild Imaging Brand of sCMOS sensor products.

We want to tell you about one of our newest products. It is CIS1021 and it is the latest introduced product that has this great combination of features for scientific imaging and for industrial and surveillance applications.

The sensor technology that we brought to the world with sCMOS has very low noise. It has unprecedented low noise levels. What that does is removes that barrier to detection. Once you've measured a signal with a selective photon you haven't lost it.

The other thing that we have put into this sensor is a very high speed operation. We can run this sensor at 100 frames per second which allows you to capture dynamic data or to run at super video rates and bring down the resolution or speed to do a lot of processing. A lot of people like that feature.

The other thing that we put in there is a high dynamic range because we found that people need to collect imagery that has faint signals and then also very strong signals. This combinations of sensitivity and speed and dynamic range now gives you access to new data in your core markets.

For the research scientist they are able to collect imagery through microscopes. In inspection they are able to collect signals with lower elimination levels and what we see in surveillance is being able to observe all the way down into dusk, low daylight instead of terminating the imaging at the end of the day. This has enabled new surveillance applications.

If you are in any of those things or any of the smart imaging like intelligent traffic systems where you need all of these features as well; contact us and we will provide you with information on the technologies.

Thank you.