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There is 12 bit and 14 bit in the CMS mode, more details HERE
For 12bit around 48 Fps
For 14-bit (effectively 16bit) it is from 2 to 24 Fps depending on the gain Mode
For 14 bit it should be around 120 000 e-
For other modes check HERE
This model utilizes PCIe interface (X4 Gen3) allowing a bandwidth of 32 Gb/s
For the 12bit modes it is around 4e-
For 14 bit mode with CMS (16bit) measurements are near 3e-
Yes
The sensor uses Rolling shutter technology to increase sensitivity and S/N ratio.
For Global shutter sCMOS sensors please check HERE
There is a timestamp feature in the camera - resolution 4μs
Environment table
| Description | Value | Units | ||
| Maximum housing temperature while operation | 50 | °C | ||
| Minimum housing temperature while operation | 5 degrees above dew point | °C | ||
| Ambient temperature for storage and transportation | -30 to +60 | °C | ||
| Relative Humidity | ≤ 80 | *%* |
With the built in Thermoelectric Peltier enhanced by the fan (Air) cooling the temperature could reach around -10°C
When using the optional Water (Liquid) cooling module the temperature could go down to -30°C
Absolutely, cooling requires this
If the "sensor glass" is meant - the sensor will be available in the "Taped Glass" version so it will be removable if necessary
The sensor does not support Binning, but it is implemented on the camera side - Binning 4x4
Windowing or ROI (Region of interest) is supported and integrated
No
XIMEA is planning to offer the GSENSE6060 sensors with regards to the sensor grade provided by Gpixel
There will be three grades 0, 1 and 2 (or E for “engineering sample”) which differ in the amount of defects allowed. More details HERE
Typically grade 0 will be omitted as the chances of producing such a sensor are low which results in highly uncertain lead times
Also, there are front-side and back-side illuminated options available
Yes, there are two options of mounts for this cameras (M42 and C-mount) and both can be removed, allowing closer access to the sensor
Please be careful when attempting this operation because there is a rubber ring around the mount which can potentially help fine tune the lens connection and this part is easily damaged or lost
Yes, but besides voiding the warranty, this will automatically turn off the cooling completely including the temperature sensor in the camera so even the Peltier will stop working
Thus, the picture quality can get considerably reduced
The material of the camera window is stainless steel 303 (1.4305), which helps with the sealing
The middle part is made of copper alloy that improves the cooling effect and the fan is from aluminum alloy
The power is provided to the camera through USB Type-C cable, but to power the Cooling system all parts of the setup (camera, cable, computer and other potential accessories) should support a so called USB PD (Power Delivery) specification
You can read more about CMS, HDR and STD modes HERE
You can read more about CMOS, CCD or sCMOS (including backside illumination): HERE
It is 1mm thick D263T glass without AR coating
In the case of HDR mode, two 12bit ADC samples are gathered from each pixel through two readout channels called Low gain and High gain.
These readout channels use different floating diffusions (with different capacities) and apply different analog gains to the signal resulting in different conversion gains (e-/LSB12), sampling noise and sampling range.
The High gain channel ensures that at very low levels of saturation (when the signal and the image noise are low) the readout process does not add a lot of extra noise to the statistical uncertainty.
At higher levels of saturation, when the High gain channel is saturated, the Low gain channel with the higher measurement range is used.
The Low gain channel readout circuit also has a higher readout noise than the High gain channel, but it still is sufficiently low when compared to the image noise at higher signal levels and therefore does not influence much the measurement uncertainty which is dominated by the image noise.
The actual merging algorithm of Low and High gains is described in the HDR mode section of the ADC readout explained
The models from xiJ camera family are based on scientific CMOS (sCMOS) sensors.
Such cameras use two images with High and Low gain to produce the final image.
That is why it’s specified with 2x 12 bit.
The resulting image will have a combined 16 bits.
By default, the cameras are set to High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode.
In this mode, the value for each pixel is calculated on the camera's FPGA.
Through merging of the data from the high and low gain channels of the sensor.
Here is the formula for the merging part:
This is not strictly defined yet
Most likely Grade 2 sensors will be used by default, with an option to upgrade to Grade 1 (the highest) if needed
It is Gas filled, typically Xenon
The maximum difference between sensor temperature and ambient temperature is -30°C sensor temperature, at +20°C ambient
When the temperature is stabilized, the fluctuation is 0.005°C (stdev)
The granularity of the temperature setting is 0.1°C, e.g. -15.5°C
From 20μs to 2147483000μs
Binning: Up to 2x vertical and 16x horizontal
ROI, sub-array size is supported. Minimum 8x32 [WxH] with 8 pixel increments