Products & Applications

Defence applications

VENUS LW 384x288

Venus is uniquely designed for high-sensitivity LWIR applications. It is specially otpimised for very demanding applications including operations in extremely harsh environments.
Sofradir is MCT technology allows operations in LWIR waveband, the preferred solution for ground-based applications.
This high-performance IDCA takes full advantage of Sofradir is state of the art technologies.

Standard configurations

- 9.5µm cut-off Integrated Detector Dewar Cooler Assemblies (IDDCA) with miniature 0.5W Stirling-cycle rotary coolers, for compact, low power configuration.

Data sheet (pdf)

Array Features

Pixel pitch		25 µmx25 µm

Material spectral response		0.5 µm – 9.5 µm

Detector spectral response		7.7 µm – 9.5 µm (high pass filter)

FPA Operating Temperature		77K - 80K (typical)

ROIC Features

Selection:

Parallel or serial electrical interface

Modes:

Snap shot operation, direct injection input circuit, Integrate Then Read mode, programmable integration time, anti-blooming, image invert/revert/inverse

Max charge handling capacity :

33.7 10⁶ e^- (for 100% well fill) (gain 1) ;
11.4 10⁶ e^- (gain 3)

Readout noise :

< 130µV (1460 e^- for gain 1,
490 e^- for gain 3)

Number of output : 1 or 4

Pixel output rate : up to 8 MHz per output

Frame rate : up to 280 Hz full frame rate (384x288, 4 outputs, 10MHz, Ti=600µs)