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Teledyne Imaging Sensors
CHROMA™
Visible-Infrared Focal Plane Array
Teledyne’s CHROMA™ configurable Hyperspectral Readout for Multiple
Applications) is the most advanced focal plane array (FPA) developed for
visible-infrared spectral imaging applications. Combined with Teledyne’s
high performance substrate-removed HgCdTe detector technology, the
CHROMA™ performance is unmatched by any other sensor.
Array formats:

480 spectral channels (rows) with
spatial dimension in multiples of 160 columns (e.g.
320×480, 640×480, 1280×480, 1600×480 pixels)

Pixel pitch: 30×30 μm
FPA architecture is a CMOS readout flip-chip

hybridized to a detector. The readout circuit can be
mated
to
substrate-removed
HgCdTe
for
simultaneous
visible-infrared
detection
or
Teledyne’s HyViSI™ silicon PIN visible detector.
Bandpass coverage: 330-1050 nm, 350-2500 nm,
and 380-5500 nm.

CHROMA-1280 array in ceramic package

Readout integrated circuit characteristics

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Capacitive transimpedance amplifier (CTIA) in pixel
Correlated double sampling (CDS) in pixel for well sizes up to 1M electrons
Full well options = 0.7M, 1M or 5M electrons
Readout noise = 80, 110 or 600 electrons, corresponding to 0.7M, 1M and 5M electrons full
well, respectively
Readout mode: Snapshot, integrate-while-read
Windowing available in row direction
Dynamic range: 9000:1
Frame readout time scales with number of rows read out; row readout time is16.8 μsec;
Full-frame rate (480 rows) is 125 Hz,
Half-frame rate (240 rows) is 250 Hz
Integration time programmable in row time steps
Programmable, digital input: biases and clocks generated on-chip
Panel-based readout: one analog output per 160 columns; output data rate (each output) is
10 Mpixels/sec
April 2012

For more information, please contact Jianmei Pan at jpan@teledyne.com or at +1(805) 373 4291,
or Richard Demers at rdemers@teledyne.com or at +1(805) 373 4607
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