High Performance Cooled CCD Camera Systems
Apogee Instruments' 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	CCD		Pixel Size (u)	Array Size (pixels)		Mega Pixels	X (mm)	Y (mm)	Area (mm2)
Back-Illuminated
E42,U42	E2V	CCD42-40	13.5	2048	2048	4.2	27.6	27.6	764
E42-UV, U42-UV	E2V	CCD42-40 UV	13.5	2048	2048	4.2	27.6	27.6	764
U3041	Fairchild	3041	15	2048	2048	4.2	30.7	30.7	944
U230	E2V	CCD230-42	15	2048	2048	4.2	30.7	30.7	944
U1109	Hamamatsu	S10140	12	2048	506	1.0	24.6	6.1	149
U1009	Hamamatsu	S10140	12	1024	506	0.5	12.3	6.1	75
E47, U47	E2V	CCD47-10	13	1024	1024	1.0	13.3	13.3	177
E30, U30	E2V	CCD30-11	26	1024	256	0.26	26.6	6.7	177
U1107	Hamamatsu	S10140-1107	12	2048	122	0.25	24.6	1.5	36
E77, U77	E2V	CCD77-00	24	512	512	0.26	12.3	12.3	151
Front-Illuminated
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, U9000HC, U9000X	Kodak	KAF-09000	12	3056	3056	9	36.7	36.7	1345
U8300, U8300C	Kodak	KAF-8300	5.4	3326	2504	8.9	18.6	13.9	259
E9, U9	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
E10, U10	Atmel	TH7899	14	2048	2048	4.2	28.7	28.7	822
E32, U32	Kodak	KAF-3200ME	6.8	2184	1472	3.2	14.9	10.0	149
E30-OE, U30-OE	E2V	CCD30-11 OE	26	1024	256	0.26	26.6	6.7	177
E30-DD	E2V	CCD30-11 DD	26	1024	256	0.26	26.6	6.7	177
E2, U2	Kodak	KAF-1603E/ME	9	1536	1024	1.57	13.8	9.2	127
E6, U6	Kodak	KAF-1001E	24	1024	1024	1.0	24.6	24.6	604
E1, U1	Kodak	KAF-0402ME	9	768	512	0.39	6.9	4.6	32
E260, U260	Kodak	KAF-0261E	20	512	512	0.26	10.2	10.2	105
Interline Transfer
U16000	Kodak	KAI-16000	7.4	4872	3248	16.8	36	24	866
E4000, U4000	Kodak	KAI-4022	7.4	2048	2048	4.2	15.2	15.2	230
E2000, U2000	Kodak	KAI-2020	7.4	1600	1200	1.9	11.8	8.9	105
U=USB 2.0; E=Ethernet 100Base-T;

Imaging Area of CCD