Manufacturer of Optical Spectrometers, Camera Systems for OEM Industrial Applications
Ultra-compact Scientific CMOS Camera
The HORIBA Sylent scientific CMOS (sCMOS) uncooled camera line provides end-users with three novel high QE backilluminated sensor models that provide diversified solutions to successfully meet the most demanding photonic applications for the scientific and industrial sectors.
All uncooled Sylent sCMOS models boast an ultra-compact design geared towards field-deployed robustness, offering end users high resolution, fast frame rate acquisitions that tout ultralow noise, good full well capacity, enhanced dynamic range (> 90 dB) and high quantum efficiencies (up to 95%) ... all captured in an image with large field of view.
For end-user applications requiring longer integration times and the lowest noise contribution from sensor dark current, peltier-cooled Sylent BLUE vacuum style camera solutions are available upon request, as well as options for nitrogen back-filled sCMOS variants … especially where mid-level cooling performance can adequately meet a customer’s more modest performance challenges at hand.
Design Features:
Scientific 4.2 MP CMOS Sensor
At the heart of HORIBA's new Sylent scientific CMOS camera model lies a novel back-illuminated sensor architecture providing UV to NIR responsivity with quantum efficiencies (QE) of up to 95% … without the use of performance limiting micro-lenses.
Outstanding High Dynamic Range
In addition to the user selectable 12-bit High and Low gain operating modes, the Sylent 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI camera features an unprecedented 16-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode (90 dB) allowing for the accurate capture of weak and bright signal regions simultaneously on a per image basis.
Here, Sylent’s HDR mode leverages its sensor’s Dual Amplifier/ADC structure to simultaneously sample each pixel’s high gain (low noise) and low gain (high capacity) path and merge the appropriate digitized value (on a pixel-by-pixel basis) to extend the captured image’s dynamic range to a 16-bit level without compromising sensitivity or linearity. As illustrated in the image collage below, trade-offs traditionally made by scientists and engineers to choose between the limitations of high gain (sensitivity) or low gain (capacity) acquisitions are overcome with this novel feature to meet the challenges of today’s imaging and spectroscopic quantitative applications.
USB 3.0 Interface
From a host communication standpoint, the Sylent 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI camera incorporates a USB 3.0 interface to handle the high data rates associated with its 4.2 MP scientific CMOS sensor, and achieves an impressive 43 fps for full resolution images. For the most demanding applications that require enhanced temporal resolution, increased frame rates are achieved by user selectable smaller ROI sizes.
Timestamp Feature
HORIBA’s new Sylent 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI camera model provides a user selectable coarse or fine “Timestamp” function per image that is accurate to 1 μSec and 20 nSec respectively. This “Timestamp” feature allows the user to have precise knowledge of acquired frame times as they relate to an application’s temporal dynamics and is especially important for fast events … to eliminate the ill effects of computer and interface latencies.
Low Noise Mode
Sylent models 1.3MP-U-9.76-BI and 4.2MP-U_6.5-BI employ a Low Noise Mode of operation that utilizes the two-gain channel structure of their respective novel sCMOS back-illuminated sensors to significantly reduce the typical / normal 1.6 e- read noise of these cameras in High Sensitivity / HDR modes. In this Low Noise camera operating mode, also referred to as Two Times Correlated Multisampling Mode (2-CMS), simultaneous sampling is performed on both sensor gain channels set for “High Gain”, which effectively cuts the read noise level down to 0.85 e- and 1.2 e- respectively for the 1.3MP-U-9.76-BI and 4.2MP-U_6.5-BI Sylent camera models ... without sacrificing high frame rate capability.
This Low Noise Mode is especially valuable to end-user applications that require the highest sensitivity and lowest possible noise floor for imaging the weakest of signals.
Input Power
All Sylent uncooled camera models provide end-users with a wide input DC voltage operating range of +9 to +24 Vdc via a 3-pin M8 style female connector (MFG Part 2-2172089-2) and typically utilize 7.5 watts of input power. Uncooled Sylent’s M8 input voltage pin assignment is universal across all camera models as specified in the table below:
APPLICATIONS
ㆍ Microscopy: Fluorescence, Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM), FRET, TRIF, FRAP, Live Cell Imaging, Spinning Disk Confocal, Structured Illumination, Hyperspectral Imaging, Bright-Field, Calcium Imaging, Bio-Luminescence, Biomedical Imaging, STORM
ㆍ Inspection: Food, Manufacturing, Electronics, Flat Panel Display, Low-Light Machine Vision, Ophthalmology, Low Light Surveillance
ㆍ Spectroscopy: Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, Photoluminescence, Raman, Hyperspectral Imaging, Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology Industrial, Machine Vision, Robotics, Medical and Scientific Applications, Quality Inspection and Process Automation
| General Camera Specifications* – 6.5 μm pixel size | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scientific CMOS Camera Attribute | Sylent Model 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI | |
| Scientific CMOS Sensor Type | Monochrome / Back-Illuminated (Front-illuminated upon request) | |
| Effective Pixels | 4.2 Mega Pixel / Monochrome | |
| Active Pixels | 2048 x 2048 | |
| Pixel size (μm) | 6.5 x 6.5 | |
| Active Photosensitive Area (mm) | 13.3 x 13.3 (Optical format: 1.2" / Diagonal 18.9 mm) | |
| Full Well | 55 ke¯ typ | 50 ke¯ min |
| Linear Full Well | 53 ke¯ typ | 48 ke¯ min |
| Read Noise Median | 1.6 e¯ typ | 2.5 e¯ max |
| Read Noise Median (2-CMS) | 1.2 e¯ typ | |
| Dynamic Range (HDR) | 31,623:1 (90 dB) typ | |
| Non-Linearity | <0.6% | |
| Quantum Efficiency | Up to 95% | |
| Shutter Mode | Rolling | |
| Exposure Time | 11.2 micro-second to seconds (defined only by Dark Current) | |
| Image Time Stamp Accuracy | Coarse: 1 micro-second | Fine: 20 nano-second |
| Triggering Modes (Frame Synchronization) |
Internal Sync | |
| External Sync --- Single or Multiple Triggers | ||
| External Sync --- Single / Multiple Triggers with Delays | ||
| Pixel Readout Rates | 50 MHz | |
| Frame Rates (fps) | 16 / 12 Bit | |
| 2048 x 2048 | 43 | |
| 2048 x 1024 | 87 | |
| 2048 x 512 | 174 | |
| Communication | USB 3.0 | |
| External I/O Connector | 9-Pin Micro D-Sub | |
| Power Connector | 3-Pin M8 | |
| Power On / Off Switch | Yes | |
| Environmental Conditions | Operating Temperature Range: +15 0C to +40 0C | |
| Operating Humidity Range: <70% (non-condensing) | ||
| Storage Temperature Range: -20 0C to +60 0C Input | ||
| Input Voltage Range | +9 to +24 Vdc | |
| Input Power | 7.5 W typ (24 Vdc @ 0.329 Adc) | |
| Cooling | Fan (standard) / TE-cooled Sylent BLUE variant available upon request | |
| Window Material | Selectable / UV Grade Fused-Silica (Standard) | |
| Window Coating | Available AR Coating on request | |
| Lens Mount Adapter | C-Mount (Standard) / F-Mount (Optional) / Customizable on request | |
| Camera Size Without C-Mount | Inches: 2.38 x 2.87 x 2.94 | mm: 60.4 x 72.9 x 74.7 |
| Camera Size With C-Mount | Inches: 2.38 x 2.87 x 3.31 | mm: 60.4 x 72.9 x 84.1 |
| Weight | Lbs: 0.70 | Grams: 318 |
| Software Support | Custom API/SDK support for easy integration to C#, C++ applications and container applications supporting standard DLL library interface. Consult factory for 3rd party imaging software support. |
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* Specification values subject to change
| General Camera Specifications* – 11 μm pixel size | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scientific CMOS Camera Attribute | Sylent Model 4.2MP-U-11-BI | |
| Scientific CMOS Sensor Type | Monochrome / Back-Illuminated (Front-illuminated upon request) | |
| Effective Pixels | 4.2 Mega Pixel / Monochrome | |
| Active Pixels | 2048 x 2048 | |
| Pixel size (μm) | 11 x 11 | |
| Active Photosensitive Area (mm) | 22.528 x 22.528 (Optical format: 2" / Diagonal 31.859 mm) | |
| Full Well | 91 ke¯ typ | |
| Linear Full Well | 89 ke¯ typ | |
| Read Noise Median | 1.6 e¯ typ | |
| Dynamic Range (HDR) | 50000:1 (93.9 dB) typ | |
| Non-Linearity | <1% | |
| Quantum Efficiency | Up to 95% | |
| Shutter Mode | Rolling | |
| Exposure Time | 20.52 micro-second to seconds (defined only by Dark Current) | |
| Image Time Stamp Accuracy | Coarse: 1 micro-second | Fine: 20 nano-second |
| Triggering Modes (Frame Synchronization) |
Internal Sync | |
| External Sync --- Single or Multiple Triggers | ||
| External Sync --- Single / Multiple Triggers with Delays | ||
| Pixel Readout Rates | 25 MHz | |
| Frame Rates (fps) | 16 / 12 Bit | |
| 2048 x 2048 | 22 | |
| 2048 x 1024 | 44 | |
| 2048 x 512 | 94 | |
| Communication | USB 3.0 | |
| External I/O Connector | 9-Pin Micro D-Sub | |
| Power Connector | 3-Pin M8 | |
| Power On / Off Switch | Yes | |
| Environmental Conditions | Operating Temperature Range: +15 0C to +40 0C | |
| Operating Humidity Range: <70% (non-condensing) | ||
| Storage Temperature Range: -20 0C to +60 0C Input | ||
| Input Voltage Range | +9 to +24 Vdc | |
| Input Power | 7.5 W typ (24 Vdc @ 0.329 Adc) | |
| Cooling | Fan (standard) / TE-cooled Sylent BLUE variant available upon request | |
| Window Material | Selectable / UV Grade Fused-Silica (Standard) | |
| Window Coating | Available AR Coating on request | |
| Lens Mount Adapter | C-Mount (Standard) / F-Mount (Optional) / Customizable on request | |
| Camera Size Without C-Mount | Inches: 2.38 x 2.87 x 2.94 | mm: 60.4 x 72.9 x 74.7 |
| Camera Size With C-Mount | Inches: 2.38 x 2.87 x 3.31 | mm: 60.4 x 72.9 x 84.1 |
| Weight | Lbs: 0.70 | Grams: 318 |
| Software Support | Custom API/SDK support for easy integration to C#, C++ applications and container applications supporting standard DLL library interface. Consult factory for 3rd party imaging software support. |
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* Specification values subject to change
| General Camera Specifications* – 9.76 μm pixel size | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scientific CMOS Camera Attribute | Sylent Model 1.3MP-U-9.76-BI | |
| Scientific CMOS Sensor Type | Monochrome / Back-Illuminated (Front-illuminated upon request) | |
| Effective Pixels | 1.3 Mega Pixel / Monochrome | |
| Active Pixels | 1280 x 1024 | |
| Pixel size (μm) | 9.76 x 9.76 | |
| Active Photosensitive Area (mm) | 12.493 x 9.994 (Optical format: 1" / Diagonal 15.998 mm) | |
| Full Well | 48 ke¯ typ | TBD ke¯ min |
| Linear Full Well | TBD ke¯ typ | TBD ke¯ min |
| Read Noise Median | 1.6 e¯ typ | TBD e¯ max |
| Read Noise Median (2-CMS) | 0.85 e¯ typ | |
| Dynamic Range (HDR) | 29,854:1 (89.5 dB) typ | |
| Non-Linearity | <0.6% | |
| Quantum Efficiency | Up to 90% | |
| Shutter Mode | Rolling | |
| Exposure Time | 10 micro-second to seconds (defined only by Dark Current) | |
| Image Time Stamp Accuracy | Coarse: 1 micro-second | Fine: 20 nano-second |
| Triggering Modes (Frame Synchronization) |
Internal Sync | |
| External Sync --- Single or Multiple Triggers | ||
| External Sync --- Single / Multiple Triggers with Delays | ||
| Pixel Readout Rates | 37.125 MHz | |
| Frame Rates (fps) | 16 / 12 Bit | |
| 1280 x 1024 (HDR) | 30 | |
| 1280 x 1024 (2-CMS) | 25 | |
| Communication | USB 3.0 | |
| External I/O Connector | 9-Pin Micro D-Sub | |
| Power Connector | 3-Pin M8 | |
| Power On / Off Switch | Yes | |
| Environmental Conditions | Operating Temperature Range: +15 0C to +40 0C | |
| Operating Humidity Range: <70% (non-condensing) | ||
| Storage Temperature Range: -20 0C to +60 0C Input | ||
| Input Voltage Range | +9 to +24 Vdc | |
| Input Power | 7.5 W typ (24 Vdc @ 0.329 Adc) | |
| Cooling | Fan (standard) / TE-cooled Sylent BLUE variant available upon request | |
| Window Material | Selectable / UV Grade Fused-Silica (Standard) | |
| Window Coating | Available AR Coating on request | |
| Lens Mount Adapter | C-Mount (Standard) / F-Mount (Optional) / Customizable on request | |
| Camera Size Without C-Mount | Inches: 2.38 x 2.87 x 2.94 | mm: 60.4 x 72.9 x 74.7 |
| Camera Size With C-Mount | Inches: 2.38 x 2.87 x 3.31 | mm: 60.4 x 72.9 x 84.1 |
| Weight | Lbs: 0.70 | Grams: 318 |
| Software Support | Custom API/SDK support for easy integration to C#, C++ applications and container applications supporting standard DLL library interface. Consult factory for 3rd party imaging software support. |
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* Specification values subject to change
IMAGING MODE FRAME RATES
| Sensor ROI Size | 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI | 4.2MP-U-11-BI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W x H (Pixels) |
Frame Rate (fps) |
ROI Area mm x mm |
Frame Rate (fps) |
ROI Area mm x mm |
| 2048 x 2048 | 43 | 13.3 x 13.3 | 23 | 22.5 x 22.5 |
| 1400 x 1400 | 63 | 9.1 x 9.1 | 34 | 15.4 x 15.4 |
| 1200 x 1200 | 74 | 7.8 x 7.8 | 40 | 13.2 x 13.2 |
| 1024 x 1024 | 87 | 6.7 x 6.7 | 47 | 11.3 x 11.3 |
| 512 x 512 | 172 | 3.3 x 3.3 | 95 | 5.6 x 5.6 |
| 256 x 256 | 348 | 1.7 x 1.7 | 287 | 2.8 x 2.8 |
| 128 x 128 | 697 | 0.8 x 0.8 | 367 | 1.4 x 1.4 |
SPECTROSCOPY MODE SPECTRAL RATES
| Sensor Array Size | USB 3.0 Maximum Spectral Rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| W x H | 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI | 4.2MP-U-11-BI | |
| 16 / 12 Bit | 16 / 12 Bit | ||
| Any x 8 | 6,944 | 3,891 | |
| Any x 16 | 4,255 | 2,375 | |
| Any x 32 | 2,415 | 1,335 | |
| Any x 64 | 1,294 | 711 | |
| Any x 1200 | 74 | 40 | |
| Any x 2048 | 43 | 23 | |
MULTI-TRACK MODE EXAMPLE USING SYLENT
Sylent Quantum Efficiency
