Low smear CCD camera for high frame rates

Conference · Tue Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1989 · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6179065

Turko, B T; Yates, G J

A small versatile CCD camera is described. Frame readout times from one second to milliseconds can be changed continuously or at random by a programmable clock. A very large range of light intensity is thus covered without the need for a mechanical aperture control. The camera can be reset at any time and then restarted at a different frame rate after the pause of a selected duration. Sony, Inc. ICX016AL sensor was found especially suitable for clock rates up to 50 MHz. Image smear, blooming and noise are substantially lower than in earlier interline transfer CCD sensors. Critical circuits are also described and measured data presented.

• Research Organization: Electronics Engineering Dept., Engineering Div., Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Berkeley, CA (US); Los Alamos National Lab., Los Alamos, NM (US)
• OSTI ID: 6179065
• Report Number(s): CONF-881103-
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 36:1; ISSN IETNA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
420800* -- Engineering-- Electronic Circuits & Devices-- (-1989)
CAMERAS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
IMAGES
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES