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Teledyne Imaging, part of the Teledyne Group, has announced that the company is supplying its high performance charged coupled devices (CCDs) for Covid-19 diagnostic scientific instruments. These highly sensitive image sensors are used for low-light imaging applications such as microscopy and other scientific imaging techniques deployed for research and diagnostic testing of COVID-19.
In the past few weeks, the UK CCD Fabrication team have been producing hundreds of CCD77-358 devices that will be designed into camera systems to support COVID-19 diagnostics.
According to Miles Adcock, President of Teledyne e2v Space & Quantum, the coronavirus outbreak has triggered increased demand and interest for CCD and CMOS sensors. The company expects to have manufactured several times the forecasted annual demand for the CCD77-358 devices by the end of this quarter alone.
Developed by Teledyne e2V, the CCD77-358 sensor is back-illuminated and has an image resolution of 512 x 512 pixels, a large pixel size of 24µm in size and a high dynamic range.
Teledyne has advanced wafer-processing facilities in the UK and Canada. Testament to the resilience of CCD technology in the most demanding applications, the company is committed to the provision of a long-term vertically integrated, dedicated CCD fab and continues to make technology developments to the design and production of CCDs.
