CIS120 has an optimal specification balancing performance and price to provide an image sensor for harsh environments and space applications.

CHELMSFORD, UK, March 22 2019 — Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE: TDY] company, has released a new image sensor package, the CIS120. Samples are now available (from February 2019) along with a full test and demonstration system. This new and anticipated industry-leading image detector is an easy-to-use general-purpose imager designed for harsh environments such as space applications.

Key specifications of the CIS120 include a resolution of 2048 x 2048 and back-illuminated 10µm square pixels with a quantum efficiency of 90% at 550 nm (typical) for outstanding low light sensitivity. The sensor offers both a rolling shutter mode with a frame rate of 30 fps (8 bit) and a global shutter mode with a frame rate of 20 fps (12 bit). A combination of low readout noise and on-chip analogue-to-digital conversion provides excellent image quality.

Key features include:

• Good latch-up immunity and high SEU threshold by design and is resistant to ionising radiation by process choice
• Pixel read timing is set by an on-chip sequencer to simplify use and to reduce pin count
• A column parallel ADC is used to quantize each row of pixels in turn and is controlled by its own sequencer
• Resolution can be set anywhere from 8 to 14 bits
• Four LVDS channels output the image data and are controlled by the readout sequencer to scan along each row in turn. Two LVDS synchronisation channels allow accurate data sampling
• All configuration settings are programmed over an SPI. This includes shutter mode, ADC resolution and bias current values
• Package options include ceramic PGA and metal and ceramic three-side butting designs for use in mosaic focal planes
• CIS120 is stitched, so other sizes are possible from 2048 × 1024, up to 2048 × 8192 pixels, without the cost of new masks as well as other customer-specific requirements such as anti-reflective coatings

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Teledyne e2v’s unique approach involves listening to the market and application challenges of customers and partnering with them to provide innovative standard, semi-custom or fully-custom imaging solutions, bringing increased value to their systems.

About Teledyne Imaging
Teledyne Imaging is a group of leading-edge technology companies aligned within the Teledyne brand. With unrivalled expertise across the electromagnetic spectrum and decades of experience, the group offers world-leading capabilities in sensing, signal generation and processing. The collective delivers innovative solutions to aerospace, defense, geospatial, machine and industrial vision, medical and life sciences, semiconductors and MEMs.

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