HAWK MWIR
Medium Wave Infrared (MWIR) Detector
The Hawk Medium Wave Infrared (MWIR) detector is a compact and lightweight 640 x 512 Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) Integrated Detector Cooler Assembly (IDCA). The Hawk MWIR detector is designed for high-performance, low-cost imaging in the 3 - 5 μm waveband.
Using the MCT process, the Hawk MWIR detector provides the highest environmental integrity and the superior performance of focal plane detectors.

- Key Benefits
- Key Features
- Technical Specifications
- Mechanical Specifications
- Low cost
- Lightweight
- Compact
- High resolution
- Snapshot or rolling readout operation
- Simple to use
- Medium wave 3 - 5 μm
- Small element pitch enables miniaturization of the Dewar assembly and optics
- High electro-optic performance with low crosstalk, automatic anti-blooming at the pixel level, and excellent sensitivity
- Windowing gives enhanced frame rates over selected areas of the array
- Higher operating temperature than InSb.
- Longer cooler life
- Less in-service support
- Lower through-life cost
Format
- Array: 640 x 512 pixels
- Pixel pitch: 16 µm
- Active Area: 10.24 x 8.19 mm
Typical Performance
- NETD (median): 17 mK
- Pixel operability: >99.8%
Interface Parameters
- Modes: Snapshot or rolling reset
- Configuration control: Single serial interface
- Output voltage range: 2.5 V
- Charge capacity: 7 x 106 electrons
- Number of outputs: 4
- Pixel rate: Up to 10 MHz per output
- Intrinsic MUX noise: 50 µV rms
- Array operating temperature: 80 - 100 K
- Nominal operating voltage: 6 V
- Minimum pins for operation: 16
- Number of input clocks: 1
- Window material: Germanium
- Window thickness: 1.73 mm
- Cold filter material: Silicon
- Cold filter thickness: 0.4 mm
ICDA 6 W
- Weight: 350 g
- Power consumption: 6 W steady state
- Cooling engine: Rotary Stirling engine
- Operating temperature range: -40°C to +70°C
ICDA 8 W
- Weight: 500 g
- Power consumption: 8 W steady state
- Cooling engine: Rotary Stirling engine
- Operating temperature range: -40°C to +70°C