Space Imaging
Proven Partnership
Working with a sensor designer who understands the harsh environment and strict requirements of space imaging is critical to success. Knowing what is required and how to deliver it through a flexible supply chain makes us your premier partner to ensure high performance and high quality.
Technology Readiness Level 9
- Applications: Earth observation and living planet sciences, outer space telescopes, star trackers, planetary exploration, and defense and security such as Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR).
- Missions: Mars Rover Pathfinder, Asteria, Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (ENMAP), Deep Impact, Cassini, Hubble Telescope, Argentina Earth Resource Satellite, Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Earth Resource Satellite, Triana, and missile systems.
A storied history of sensors in flight.
Custom Designs & Services
The key to the Fairchild Imaging support approach is understanding the requirements, maintaining access to a continuous supply of qualified products, and conducting strict testing. Our quality assurance process can include up-screening Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) to characterization, custom testing, radiation-hardened designs, bond pull tests, same batch processing, and other custom services.
Features
- Options ranging from 5.5 MP - 12 MP sensors
- Radiation-hardened designs
- Custom up-screening
- User definable image operation modes
- Extremely low read noise performance down to 0.25e-
- Extremely low dark current
- Deep full well capacities up to 40,000e-
Benefits
- Wide range of options to meet specific needs
- Proven for the space imaging environment
- Continuous reliability for missions
- Sensor performance tuned to specific needs
- Photon counting capability
- Enables long exposure modes
- Capture bright object data over long exposures
sCMOS Sensors Overview
| Sensor | HWK4123 | LTN4323 | LTN4625 | CIS2521 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Resolution
|
9.4MP |
10.5MP |
11.9MP |
5.5 MP |
| Optical Format |
4/3” |
4/3” |
APS-C |
4/3” |
| Active Array Size |
4096 x 2300 |
4432 x 2368 |
4608 x 2592 |
2560 x 2160 |
| Maximum Frame Rate |
120 fps @ full frame |
120 fps @ full frame |
240 fps |
100 fps |
| ADC Resolution |
16 bit LG/HG merged |
16 bit LG/HG merged |
22 bits |
22 bits |
| Pixel | ||||
| Pixel Size |
4.6 µm x 4.6 µm |
4.6 µm x 4.6 µm |
5.5 µm x 5.5 µm |
6.5 µm x 6.5 µm |
| Shutter Type |
Global; Rolling w/ Global Reset |
Global; Rolling w/ Global Reset |
Global; Rolling w/ Global Reset |
Global; Rolling w/ Global Reset |
| RMS Read Noise |
0.25e- @ 5 fps 0.5e- @ 120 fps |
0.5e- @ 5 fps 0.9 e- @ 120 fps |
1.5e- @ 240 fps |
<2e- @ 100 fps |
| Dynamic Range |
87 dB |
102 dB |
88 dB |
84 dB |
|
Peak Quantum Efficiency
|
91% |
91% |
TBD |
>60% |
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