High Performance Cooled CCD Camera Systems
Apogee Imaging Systems' new Alta Series cameras are available with a wide variety of CCDs for diverse applications: from 512 x 512 to more than 22 megapixels, with support for interline, and both front and back-illuminated full frame CCDs.

How to Choose?
The efficiency with which a CCD creates electricity from light (also known as quantum efficiency, or QE) is a key factor in choosing a CCD. See the complete family of Alta Camera QE Curves. Back-illuminated CCDs are typically used for very low light applications due to their high quantum efficiency (QE). Kodak micro-lensed Blue Plus CCDs (ME suffix on the part number) also have high peak QE, but much less overall QE than the back-illuminated CCDs. The UV enhanced versions of the back-illuminated CCDs have the highest QE in the UV. Back-illuminated CCDs have the highest QE in the near-IR, but are subject to etaloning (fringing caused by internal reflections). Interline transfer CCDs can take much shorter exposures and read out at higher frame rates because they do not require electromechanical shutters. Large pixel CCDs have the highest dynamic range, but generally are not suitable for microscopy.

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Camera Model	HC Camera Model	CCD		Pixel Size (u)	Array Size (pixels)		Mega Pixels	X (mm)	Y (mm)	Area (mm2)
Back-Illuminated
U3041	U3041HC	Fairchild	3041	15	2048	2048	4.2	30.7	30.7	944
U230	U230HC	E2V	CCD230-42	15	2048	2048	4.2	30.7	30.7	944
U42	U42HC	E2V	CCD42-40	13.5	2048	2048	4.2	27.6	27.6	764
U42-UV	U42-UVHC	E2V	CCD42-40 UV	13.5	2048	2048	4.2	27.6	27.6	764
U47	U47HC	E2V	CCD47-10	13	1024	1024	1.0	13.3	13.3	177
U1109	U1109HC	Hamamatsu	S10140	12	2048	506	1.0	24.6	6.1	149
U1009	U1009HC	Hamamatsu	S10140	12	1024	506	0.5	12.3	6.1	75
U1108	U1009HC	Hamamatsu	S10140	12	2048	250	0.5	24.6	3	73.7
U77	U77HC	E2V	CCD77-00	24	512	512	0.26	12.3	12.3	151
U30	U30HC	E2V	CCD30-11	26	1024	256	0.26	26.6	6.7	177
U1008	U1009HC	Hamamatsu	S10140	12	1024	250	0.26	12.3	6.1	75
U1107	U1107HC	Hamamatsu	S10140-1107	12	2048	122	0.25	24.6	1.5	36
U1007	U1009HC	Hamamatsu	S10140	12	1024	122	.12	12.3	1.46	18
U98	U98HC	Hamamatsu	S9840	14	2048	14	0.028	28.7	0.2	5.6
Front-Illuminated
U39000	U39000HC	Kodak	KAF-39000	6.8	7216	5412	39	49	36.8	1806
U16	U16HC	Kodak	KAF-16801E	9	4096	4096	16.7	36.9	36.9	1359
U16M	U16MHC	Kodak	KAF-16803	9	4096	4096	16.7	38.86	38.86	1359
U9000, U9000X	U9000HC	Kodak	KAF-09000	12	3056	3056	9.3	36.7	36.7	1345
U8300	U1009HC	Kodak	KAF-8300	5.4	3326	2504	8.3	18.6	13.9	259
U9	U9HC	Kodak	KAF-6303E	9	3072	2048	6.3	27.6	18.4	510
U43		Kodak	KAF-4320	24	2048	2048	4.2	49.1	49.1	2415
U3041F	U3041HC	Fairchild	3041	15	2048	2048	4.2	30.7	30.7	944
U10		Atmel	TH7899	14	2048	2048	4.2	28.7	28.7	822
U32		Kodak	KAF-3200ME	6.8	2184	1472	3.2	14.9	10.0	149
U2		Kodak	KAF-1603E/ME	9	1536	1024	1.57	13.8	9.2	127
U6	U6HC	Kodak	KAF-1001E	24	1024	1024	1.0	24.6	24.6	604
U1		Kodak	KAF-0402ME	9	768	512	0.39	6.9	4.6	32
U30-OE	U30-OEHC	E2V	CCD30-11 OE	26	1024	256	0.26	26.6	6.7	179
U260		Kodak	KAF-0261E	20	512	512	0.26	10.2	10.2	105
Interline Transfer
U16000	U16000HC	Kodak	KAI-16000	7.4	4872	3248	15.8	36	24	866
U4000	U4000HC	Kodak	KAI-4022	7.4	2048	2048	4.2	15.2	15.2	230
U2000		Kodak	KAI-2020	7.4	1600	1200	1.9	11.8	8.9	105
U=USB 2.0

Imaging Area of CCD