XenICs displays its 'Cheetah' and 'Gobi' cameras at US show
XenICs BV, a developer and manufacturer of infrared detector technology, used the SPIE Defense & Security 2008 exhibition, which was held during March in Orlando, Florida, USA, as an opportunity to demonstrate a host of new products.
The Belgian company displayed the latest release of its high-resolution, high-speed short-wave infrared (SWIR) Cheetah imaging system. On show for the first time were XenICs' brand new Gobi uncooled bolometer cameras, and the Xeva visible-near-infrared (VISNIR) and Xeva broadband models.
XenICs' Cheetah, an indium-gallium-arsenide (InGaAs) focal-plane-array camera, covers the standard SWIR wavelength of 0.9 µm to 1.7 µm - with all control and communications circuitry contained in one compact housing. Cheetah offers a high resolution of 640 x 512 pixels, at a maximum full frame rate of 1730 Hz. In a reduced region-of-interest mode, more than 100 000 fps is feasible, claims the firm. The Cheetah camera includes a graphical user interface that provides direct access to various camera settings, such as exposure time, region-of-interest and gain.
The Gobi - described as a high-performance, yet affordably priced camera system for thermal imaging in industrial and public-service applications - made its début at the show. With real-time signal processing, Gobi covers the mid-range IR spectrum of 8 µm to 14 µm. The camera is based on an uncooled microbolometer, two-dimensional (2-D) array, offering an optical resolution of 384 x 288 pixels, at a 25-µm pitch and pixel operability in excess of 99.9%.
Contact:
Bob Grietens
XenICs BV
Ambachtenlaan 44
B-3001 Leuven
Belgium
Phone: +32-1638-9900
Fax: +32-16-3899-01
Email: bob.grietens@xenics.com
Web: http://www.xenics.com
