Products & Applications

Defence applications

MERCURY MW 480x6

The Sofradir 480 x 6 Mid Wave (MW) Time Delay & Integration (TDI) Infrared Focal Plane Assembly (IRFPA) is offered to answer the requirements of band II (3-5µm) detection of high resolution (FLIR, IRST, surveillance,…) military scanning systems.
This IRFPA takes advantage of the Sofradir high performance, stable, low defect density Photo-Voltaic HgCdTe technology, hybridized on a Sofradir state of the art CMOS Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC).
This IRFPA is offered in long vacuum-life Dewar with split Stirling Coolers, in order to meet the mechanical and cooling needs of the systems.

Standard configurations

- Integrated Detector Dewar Cooler Assembly (IDDCA) with 1 W LS10-11i split Stirling-cycle linear cooler.

Data sheet (pdf)

Array Features

Detector pitch		49.8 µm x 25.4 µm

Material spectral response		0.8 µm - 5,0+ µm

Detector spectral response		3,7 µm - 4,8 µm (cold filter)

FPA Operating Temperature		up to 120K

ROIC Features

Selection:

Parallel or serial electrical interface

Modes:

Snap shot operation, direct injection input circuit, simultaneous mode (integrate while read), programmable integration time, bi-directional TDI scanning, programmable pixel deselection

Max charge handling capacity :

eight gains from 0.6-10⁶ e^- to 12.5 Million e- (for 100% well fill)

Number of output : 16

Pixel output rate : up to 4 MHz per output

Frame rate : 20µs typical (selectable, depending on frame/output rate)