SWIR 15 Micron Camera

October 1, 2012

The Tau® SWIR 15 micron camera from FLIR Systems (Colorado Springs, CO)is a low-power, shortwave imager that incorporates FLIR’s new 15 micron pixel 640 × 515 InGaAs focal plane array. The system delivers sensitivity of <50e noise at 20°C case temperature, and it can be operated at integration times as short as 100 microseconds. The Tau SWIR runs on less than 4 Watts of power, weighs less than 130 grams, and takes up approximately 130cm2 of volume. The camera, which operates at 30 frames per second, supports sub windowing when higher frame rates are required.

The sensor features a thinned InGaAs detector that widens the spectral response over standard InGaAs sensor to 600 to 1700nm. The Tau SWIR 15 optical interfaces support M42 and C mount lenses, and the data interfaces include Camera Link, Low Voltage CMOS and NTSC analog video.