SuperHawk

Medium Wave Infrared Detector

The SuperHawk infrared detector is a 1280 x 1024 array of pixels on an 8 μm pitch, manufactured using a Metal Organic Vapour Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE) process with Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) detector material grown on low-cost substrates.

The SuperHawk detector offers four times as many pixels in the same active image area as conventional 640 x 512 16 μm pitch products. In addition, the SuperHawk offers a 1280 x 720 mode of operation, providing an easy High Definition upgrade in a smaller optical footprint than alternative 15 μm Standard Definition products.

Using mesa diode structures, the 8 μm pitch pixels in the SuperHawk detector have negligible blur from optical scattering, electrical cross-talk, or carrier diffusion to achieve a near-perfect modulation transfer function (MTF), resulting in the sharpest images typically characterized by the company’s unique technology.

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  • Key Benefits
  • Key Features
  • Technical Specifications
  • Compact
  • Low power
  • High resolution
  • More pixels on target
  • Easy interface with digital proximity electronics
  • Medium waveband (3.7-5 μm)
  • 1280 x 1024 format
  • 8 μm x 8 μm pixels
  • SXGA format
  • Selectable 720-HD format
  • Easy SXGA upgrade from 16μm sensors
  • Easy HD upgrade from 15μm SD formats
  • Negligible pixel blur
  • >110 K operation
  • 120 frames per second

Format

  • Array size: Mode 1: 1280 x 1024 pixels, Mode 2: 1280 x 720 pixels
  • Pixel pitch: 8 μm
  • Active area: Mode 1: 10.24 x 8.19 mm, Mode 2: 10.24 x 5.76 mm
  • Image diagonal: Mode 1: 13.1 mm, Mode 2: 11.75 mm

 

Electro-Optic

  • Spectral bandwidth: 3.7 μm to 4.95 μm
  • ƒ-number: ƒ/2.8 (standard) other ƒ-number options available
  • Cold stop: 19 mm above FPA
  • NETD: 20 mK (typical)
  • Pixel operability: >99.8% (typical)
  • Operating temperature: 110 K

 

ROIC

  • Snapshot modes: ITR or IWR
  • Windowing: Programmable
  • Charge handling capacity: 5Me-/3Me- selectable
  • Linearity: ±0.5%
  • Number of outputs: 8
  • Pixel rate: 160 Mpix/sec

Proximity Electronics

  • Supply voltage: 5 V
  • Power: <2.5 W
  • Interface: Digital
  • ADC resolution: 14 bits
  • Video output: Serial LVDS

 

IDCA

  • Cooler: RM2 (standard) other cooler options available
  • Weight: 350 g (with RM2)
  • Cooldown time: <5 minutes
  • Power consumption: from 6 W
  • Operating temperature: -40°C to +70°C

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