Sylent™

Design Features: 

Scientific 4.2 MP CMOS Sensor

At the heart of HORIBA's new Sylent scientific CMOS camera model lies a novel back-illuminated sensor architecture providing UV to NIR responsivity with quantum efficiencies (QE) of up to 95% … without the use of performance limiting micro-lenses.

Outstanding High Dynamic Range

In addition to the user selectable 12-bit High and Low gain operating modes, the Sylent 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI camera features an unprecedented 16-bit High Dynamic Range (HDR) mode (90 dB) allowing for the accurate capture of weak and bright signal regions simultaneously on a per image basis.

Here, Sylent’s HDR mode leverages its sensor’s Dual Amplifier/ADC structure to simultaneously sample each pixel’s high gain (low noise) and low gain (high capacity) path and merge the appropriate digitized value (on a pixel-by-pixel basis) to extend the captured image’s dynamic range to a 16-bit level without compromising sensitivity or linearity. As illustrated in the image collage below, trade-offs traditionally made by scientists and engineers to choose between the limitations of high gain (sensitivity) or low gain (capacity) acquisitions are overcome with this novel feature to meet the challenges of today’s imaging and spectroscopic quantitative applications.

USB 3.0 Interface

From a host communication standpoint, the Sylent 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI camera incorporates a USB 3.0 interface to handle the high data rates associated with its 4.2 MP scientific CMOS sensor, and achieves an impressive 43 fps for full resolution images. For the most demanding applications that require enhanced temporal resolution, increased frame rates are achieved by user selectable smaller ROI sizes.

Timestamp Feature

HORIBA’s new Sylent 4.2MP-U-6.5-BI camera model provides a user selectable coarse or fine “Timestamp” function per image that is accurate to 1 μSec and 20 nSec respectively. This “Timestamp” feature allows the user to have precise knowledge of acquired frame times as they relate to an application’s temporal dynamics and is especially important for fast events … to eliminate the ill effects of computer and interface latencies.

Low Noise Mode

Sylent models 1.3MP-U-9.76-BI and 4.2MP-U_6.5-BI employ a Low Noise Mode of operation that utilizes the two-gain channel structure of their respective novel sCMOS back-illuminated sensors to significantly reduce the typical / normal 1.6 e- read noise of these cameras in High Sensitivity / HDR modes. In this Low Noise camera operating mode, also referred to as Two Times Correlated Multisampling Mode (2-CMS), simultaneous sampling is performed on both sensor gain channels set for “High Gain”, which effectively cuts the read noise level down to 0.85 e- and 1.2 e- respectively for the 1.3MP-U-9.76-BI and 4.2MP-U_6.5-BI Sylent camera models ... without sacrificing high frame rate capability.

This Low Noise Mode is especially valuable to end-user applications that require the highest sensitivity and lowest possible noise floor for imaging the weakest of signals.

Input Power

All Sylent uncooled camera models provide end-users with a wide input DC voltage operating range of +9 to +24 Vdc via a 3-pin M8 style female connector (MFG Part 2-2172089-2) and typically utilize 7.5 watts of input power. Uncooled Sylent’s M8 input voltage pin assignment is universal across all camera models as specified in the table below:

APPLICATIONS

Microscopy:  Fluorescence, Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM), FRET, TRIF, FRAP, Live Cell Imaging, Spinning Disk Confocal, Structured Illumination, Hyperspectral Imaging, Bright-Field, Calcium Imaging, Bio-Luminescence, Biomedical Imaging, STORM

Inspection: Food, Manufacturing, Electronics, Flat Panel Display, Low-Light Machine Vision, Ophthalmology, Low Light Surveillance

Spectroscopy: Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, Photoluminescence, Raman, Hyperspectral Imaging, Semiconductor Inspection and Metrology

Industrial, Machine Vision, Robotics, Medical and Scientific Applications, Quality Inspection and Process Automation