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Defence applications

EPSILON MW 384x288

The staring snapshot 384x288 Mid Wave (MW) Infrared Focal Plane Array (IRFPA) from Sofradir is offered to meet the compact, lightweight and very low power requirements in the 3-5µm detection waveband (band II) for applications such as hand-held thermal imaging and small UAVs.
This IRFPA takes full advantage of Sofradir’s HgCdTe technology and of the unique ability to operate at an FPA Temperature above 100K.
Hybridized on a Sofradir state-of-the-art 15µm pitch CMOS Read-Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC), this IRFPA is configured in a long-life vacuum Dewar and with a special low power consumption cooler.

Standard configurations

- Integrated Detector Dewar Cooler Assemblies (IDDCA) with miniature Stirling-cycle rotary coolers, for compact, low power configuration.

Applications

Hand-Held thermal imaging
UAV

Data sheet (pdf)

Array Features

Pixel pitch		15 µm x 15 µm

Material spectral response		0.8 µm - 5.0 µm

Detector spectral response		3.4 µm - 4.8 µm

FPA Operating Temperature		100-110K

ROIC Features

Selection:

serial electrical interface

Modes:

snap shot operation, direct injection input circuit, Integrate While Read mode, programmable integration time, anti-blooming, image invert/revert/inverse, selection of two formats, 384x288 or 320x256, two gains

Max charge handling capacity :

3.4 10⁶ e^- (gain 0) and 1.8 10⁶ e^- (gain 1) for 100% well fill

Readout noise :

400 e^- (gain 0) and 310 e^- (gain 1)

Number of output : 1

Pixel output rate : up to 17 Mhz

Frame rate : up to 120 Hz full frame rate