We offer Electro-optic products for emitting and detecting light from the ultra-violet to the infrared. These products vary in complexity from IC chips to full plug in modules. Typically these are integrated into products for resale, or for in-house instrumentation.

• CCD area devices / Line scan arrays
• Line Scan cameras
• High speed area cameras
• IR arrays 1.0 to 1.7um

CCD's come in line arrays and two dimensional arrays.

Linear CCD image sensors are essentially a photodiode array forming the central part of the device with analog shift registers located on both sides. The shift registers transfer the charges generated in the photodiodes to the output circuit.

These sensors feature high sensitivity and spectral response from 330 to 1100nM as well as good resolution performance. Good near infrared performance is enhanced by the sensor structure and a thin optically active area.

Two dimensional arrays are further broken down into full frame sensors and frame transfer devices. Peripheral electronics and camera kits are available for most sensors.

Hill Technical Sales is the midwestern U.S. representative for e2v imaging devices. CCD's provide a method of converting an optical image to an electronic format. Image sensors cover the spectrum of illumination wavelengths, from soft X-rays, to UV through the visible region and into the infrared. If you are interested in how a CCD works, information is available on basic CCD theory on this web page.