TC236P

680-

× 500-PIXEL CCD IMAGE SENSOR

SOCS055A – JUNE 1996 – REVISED APRIL 1997

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POST OFFICE BOX 655303

PARAMETER

MIN

TYP

MAX

UNIT

Sensitivity (see Note 10)

No IR filter

256

mV/lux

Sensitivity (see Note 10)

With IR filter

32

mV/lux

Saturation signal, Vsat (see Note 11)

Antiblooming disabled

390

mV

Maximum usable signal, Vuse

Antiblooming enabled

180

mV

Blooming-overload ratio (see Note 12)

1000

Image-area well capacity

22 k

30 k

38 k

electrons

Smear (see Note 13)

See Note 14

–78

dB

Dark current

TA = 21°C

0.05

nA/cm2

Dark signal

TA = 45°C

1

mV

Dark-signal uniformity

TA = 45°C

0.5

mV

Dark-signal shading

TA = 45°C

0.5

mV

Spurious nonuniformity

Dark

TA = 45°C

10

mV

Spurious nonuniformity

Illuminated, F#8

TA = 45°C

15

%

Column uniformity

0.5

mV

Electronic-shutter capability

1/50,000

1/60

s

NOTES: 10. Theoretical value

11. Saturation is the condition in which further increase in exposure does not lead to further increase in output signal.

12. Blooming is the condition in which charge is induced in an element by light incident on another element. Blooming-overload ratio

is the ratio of blooming exposure to saturation exposure.

13. Smear is a measure of the error introduced by transferring charge through an illuminated pixel in shutterless operation. It is equivalent

to the ratio of the single-pixel transfer time to the exposure time using an illuminated section that is 1/10 of the image-area vertical

height with recommended clock frequencies.

14. The exposure time is 16.67 ms, the fast-dump clocking rate during vertical transfer is 12.5 MHz, and the illuminated section is 1/10

the height of the image section.