OVERVIEW

The EB-CCD is an absolutely new high-sensitivity imaging device that employs the “Electron Bombardment (EB)” effect for image intensification. The EB-CCD basically consists of a photocathode and a CCD chip arranged in parallel in a vacuum tube. An optical image is converted at the photocathode into an electron image, which is then accelerated and directly bombards the CCD surface to produce electron multiplication. Even a low-light-level image can be brought into view with a high S/N ratio.

FEATURES

TV scan rate type

● Resolution 400 TV lines

● Gain 700

● Detection limit *1 0.3 mlx

Slow scan type

● Resolution 450 TV lines

● Gain 1300

● Detection limit Detectable down to single photon region

APPLICATIONS

● High sensitivity video camera

• Semiconductor wafer inspection

• Real time fluorescence observation

• Biochemical emission imaging

• Biophoton imaging