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1992 -Hamamatsu started R&D of the Back Thinned (BT)-CCD
At that time, many competitors had already been producing scientific grade CCD's. Hamamatsu wanted to break into the market with a unique niche. We added the back-thinned CCD's because of its unique capabilities to enable UV response and high sensitivity over the entire spectrum. |
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1995 -Hamamatsu developed CCDs with multi-tap and high speed amplifier.
There were many stages with the design of Hamamatsu's amplifiers. These amplifiers began with a single stage MOS FET, and ranged up to a three stage MOS FET. This improvement allotted for remarkably high speed readout capabilities with exceptionally low noise.
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1997 - Hamamatsu released the first standard BT-CCD with 1 M pixels/second, S7030/S7031 series for spectrometers.
Spectroscopy is Hamamatsu's leading market; having been serving this market with PMTs for over 20 years. To be the leaders in this market, we selected a rectangular format CCD design, which complements nicely with diffraction gratings, used predominately in the spectrometer market. |
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1999 -Hamamatsu released the Front Illuminated-TDI CCD (S7199-01) for the dental market. Hamamatsu identified the need in the dental market for digital panoramic sensors to replace film. Uniting scintillate technology CSI, along with time-delay integration CCDs, we created a superior product that met the exclusive needs of the dental market. Today, Hamamatsu clutches a significant market share for the digital panoramic machines.
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| 2000 - Hamamatsu improved the BT-CCD to 800 M pixels/second. Having already designed the back-thinning and TDI technology, Hamamatsu overcame the challenges involved with the production of high speed back thinned CCD’s for TDI applications. |
| 2006 - Hamamatsu developed the BT-CCD with 1.6G pixels/second
With each step forward, Hamamatsu continues to improve quality resolution to meet the demands for world renound speed, reaching 1.6 Giga pixels per second! |
| Today, Hamamatsu continues to dominate the market with its extraordinary high speed TDI-CCDs and exceptional custom design capabilities to meet our customers' desired needs. Hamamatsu designs arguably the fastest back-thinned TDI-CCDs on the planet. Now, we are on the edge of launching the next generation of BT-TDI-CCDs with board level camera. Our target markets include the biomedical and industrial industries. Please contact us and take advantage of our vast experience with TDI sensors. |
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