 Sira Camera Head and Active Pixel Sensor |
The camera head is a mere 53 mm diameter and 34 mm long (minus C mount lens), suiting it for use in tight spaces such as reactor cores. It uses the latest in CMOS active pixel sensors (512 x 512 pixel B/W) from FillFactory, Belgium, and electronics designed by Sira to resist high radiation doses. Sira's expertise is based on years of experience developing advanced detectors for use in satellites in the harsh radiation-filled space environment.
Dr Gordon Hopkinson, Senior Camera Design Engineer at Sira Electro-Optics Ltd., presented a paper on the camera design and test results at the recent IEEE Nuclear & Space Radiation Effects Conference, Arizona, July 2002.
A datasheet is available from Mr Jon Holmes, Industrial Business Manager (Jon.Holmes@siraeo.co.uk), or Dr Gordon Hopkinson, Senior Camera Design Engineer (Gordon.Hopkinson@siraeo.co.uk) +44 20 8467 2636
Sira's domain includes electro-optics, sensing, sensor-related information processing, imaging, image quality measurement, artificial intelligence, man machine interfacing and systems design. Sira has an extensive customer base, including industrial, defence and space companies, with a 25-year heritage of successful satellite instrumentation. In addition to fostering technical innovation in its projects, Sira operates a range of training courses in related technical subjects. Sira is a hub partner of the Smart Optics, INTErSECT and the Imaging Faraday Partnerships.