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1100 Series Camera
®
Overview
The 1100 Series CCD camera system
is a 16-bit, multi-port camera designed
for use with large area scientific CCD
arrays in demanding imaging applica-
tions. The 1100 series platform is
designed to minimize noise for the
lowest light level applications. At tem-
peratures less than -100°C, the camera
reaches readout noise levels lower than
3e- RMS, while dark current is as low
as 1X10-4 e- per pixel per second.
The 1100 Series cameras can
accommodate CCDs with multiple
readout ports to optimize imaging
speeds. Extreme low noise performance
and 16-bit analog sampling combined
with simultaneous four port readout
create a camera capable of performing
in the most demanding imaging
applications at the leading edge of
scientific capability.
Key Features
Example Applications
■ Simultaneous readout/digitization from 1, 2, or 4 CCD ports
■ Microwell Plate Imaging for High Throughput Screening (HTS)
■ 16-bit digitization using multiple converters per port at low noise
■ X-Ray Crystallography
speeds of 50kHz to several MHz
■ X-Ray Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
■ Very low readout noise (<3 e- RMS) over a range of pixel readout
rates achieved by correlated double sampling using dual-slope
■ Laboratory Animal Imaging
integration
■ Electron Microscopy
■ Near zero dark current by cryocooling to below -100°C
■ Contact Plate Measurement
■ Available with a wide variety of CCDs
■ In-Vivo Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence
■ Available with either mechanical cryo-cooling or
■ Optical Astronomy
thermoelectric Peltier cooler
■ Optional fiber optic input with 1:1 or taper reducer with up to
200mm input
■ Gigabit fiber optic, AIA cable, and Camera Link® are all
available for computer communication
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Spectral Instruments, Inc.® 420 North Bonita Avenue . Tucson, AZ 85745 . Phone: 520.884.8821 . Fax: 520.884.8803 . Email: info@specinst.com . Web: www.specinst.com
1100 Series
CCDs Supported
Computer Interface Hardware
A variety of large area, multi-phase scientific grade CCDs can
Several options are available to interface the 1100 series camera
be used in the 1100 Series camera. Two, three, and four phase
to the computer controller. Parallel AIA, gigabit fiber optic, and
architecture CCDs from E2V, Fairchild Imaging, and Kodak can
Camera Link® interfaces can control the camera at distances
be used.
from 20 meters (maximum of serial) to many kilometers if the
fiber optic option is chosen. Proprietary PCI or PCI express
Cooling of CCDs
cards are used for all interfaces except the Camera Link® which
can use off the shelf hardware and software.
The 1100 Series cameras are available cooled by a thermoelec-
tric (TE) Peltier device or by a closed cycle refrigeration unit.
Software Interface
With the refrigeration option, the CCD temperature is computer
controlled to a user adjusted set point to temperatures below
Spectral Instruments provides control software (SI Image SGL)
-100°C to minimize dark current. TE cooled cameras operate
utilizing an intuitive graphical user interface for camera control,
at somewhat warmer temperatures but require
image acquisition,
only water cooling from an external source. With
viewing, processing
either, the camera internal pressure is monitored
and archiving. All of
continuously.
the above functions
can be remotely
Readout Speed, Noise,
controlled and
Precision and Modes
initiated from another
program or computer
The readout and digitization uses a separate analog
due to the integration
processor for each port, each utilizing a dual slope
of TCP/IP protocols
integrator followed by an ultra linear 16 bit digitizer.
in the SI Image soft-
This readout rate is user adjustable from 50kHz to
ware. LabVIEW® is
several megahertz (depending on CCD).
used to write the
User selectable CCD output gains are provided
code for SI Image
so that the typical image signal range is optimized
which is included
1100 Series Camera with a Fiber Optic bonded to the CCD
to the 16-bit analog processor. To maximize the
as a stand-alone
dynamic range of the digitizer, the bias offset for each port can
Windows based application. Software developer kits (SDK) are
be set by the user via a computer interface. The entire analog
available for those customers wishing to program their own
chain has been optimized to achieve the lowest possible noise,
software in LabVIEW® or C++. SI Image is compatible with
high image fidelity, linearity and low sensitivity to EMI and other
Windows 2000 and XP.
environmental conditions.
The 1100 Series system offers fully programmable readout
Options Available
of sub arrays and independent serial and parallel register
Spectral Instruments is in the business of delivering
binning. In addition, specialized readout modes such as time
customized CCD camera solutions for the most demanding
delayed integration (TDI) using internal or external triggers are
imaging applications. 1100 series cameras can be coupled
possible. These capabilities allow the readout of the region of
to a variety of fiber optic bundles: 1:1 fiber faceplates, 2.7:1
interest (ROI) on the CCD at variable resolutions in order to
with 165mm input, and 3.3:1 with 200mm input. Custom fiber
optimize computer resources, image frame rate, and signal to
bonding, lens mounts, and optical coatings for QE modification
noise ratio under low light conditions. Readout of any one or
are all available upon request. Please contact us for details of
of multiple CCD ports is also dynamically selectable under
any specification your application requires, we are a custom
computer control.
solution company.
Size of Camera
The 1100 Series camera head contains all of the electronics
for CCD sampling and A/D processing. The camera is a cylinder
of 180mm (7 inches) diameter and 250mm (10 inches) in height.
The power supply and cooler unit can be contained in their own
housing many meters away from the device.
Spectral Instruments, Inc.® 420 North Bonita Avenue . Tucson, AZ 85745 . Phone: 520.884.8821 . Fax: 520.884.8803 . Email: info@specinst.com . Web: www.specinst.com
