CCD Chip Data Tables

The data in these tables is compiled from various sources and is intended to give a rough comparison of properties only. Data that is currently not included will be added as it becomes available. If you can supply chip parameters that are not listed, please contact me.

	Starlite Xpress
Camera	SX	SLX8	MX5-C	HX516
Chip	Sony ICX027BLA-6	Phillips FT12(FT)	Sony ICX055CK	Sony ICX084AL
Pixel Size	12.4x16.6	15x15	9.8x12.6	7.4x7.4
Array	500x256	512x512	500x290	660x494
Full Well Capacity	80K	150K	120K	40K
Anti-Bloom?	>1000x	yes	>800x	>800x
Dark Current	<1e/s @-20°C	1e/s @-30°C
Readout Noise		<20e	25e	<15e
Spectral Response	30%@550nm, 15%@420nm and 720nm	30%@530nm, 15%@400nm and 650nm	peaks @520nm, 50% of peak at 400nm and 670nm	peaks @520nm, 50% of peak at 400nm and 670nm

	Meade
Camera	Pictor 208XT	Pictor216XT	Pictor416XT	Pictor1616XT
Chip	TC255(FT)	TC255(FT)	KAF-0400	KAF1600
Pixel Size	10x10	10x10	9x9	9x9
Array	336x243	336x243	768x512	1536x1024
Full Well Capacity	50K	50K	85K	85K
Anti-Bloom?	yes	yes	no	no
Dark Current	<8e/5s@-5°C	<8e/5s@-5°C	<1e/5s@-20°C	<1e/5s@-20°C
Readout Noise	36e	36e	<15e	<15e
Spectral Response	28%(450nm), 45%(550nm), 62%(650nm)	28%(450nm), 45%(550nm), 62%(650nm)	12%(450nm), 36%(550nm), 35%(650)nm	12%(450nm), 39%(550nm), 32%(650nm)
CTE	0.99995	0.99995	0.99999	0.99999
O/Ps	1	1	1	1

	SBIG
Camera	ST4	ST5	ST6	ST7	ST8
Chip	TC211	TC255	TC241	KAF-0400	KAF-1600
Pixel Size	13.75x16	(see as for Pictor 208XT)	27x23	(see as for Pictor 416XT)	(see as for Pictor 606XT)
Array	192x164		375x241
Full Well Capacity	80K		91K
Anti-Bloom?	yes		yes
Dark Current	250e/s@0°C		10e/s@-30°C
Readout Noise	150e

	Celestron
Camera	Pixel 255	Pixel 237
Chip	TC255(FT)	TC237
Pixel Size	(see as for Pictor 208XT)	7.4x7.4
Array		640x480
Full Well Capacity		20K
Anti-Bloom?		yes
Dark Current		5e/s@0°
Readout Noise		15e

	Apogee
Camera	KX1, AP1		KX2, AP2
Chip	KAF-0400		KAF-1600
Pixel Size	(see as for Pictor 416XT)		(see as for Pictor 606XT)
Array
Full Well Capacity
Anti-Bloom?	optional		optional
Dark Current	(see as for Pictor 416XT)		(see as for Pictor 606XT)
Readout Noise
Spectral Response
	Apogee
Camera	KX4, AP4	KX14	KX260	AP6
Chip	KAF-4200	KAF-1400	KAF-260	KAF-1000
Pixel Size	9x9	9x9	20x20	24x24
Array	2048x2048	1300x1028	512x512	1024x1024
Full Well Capacity	85K	45K	>150K	>170K
Anti-Bloom?	no	yes	no	no
Dark Current	0.2-0.6e/s@-10°C	0.1-0.3e/S@-10°C	1e/s@-10°C	30e@25°C
Readout Noise	15e	15e	15e	15-23e
Spectral Response	see below for KAF chips
CTE	0.99999	0.99999	0.99997	0.99997
	Apogee
Camera	AP7	AP8	AP10
Chip	SITe-SIA502AB	SITe-SIA003AB	THX7899M
Pixel Size	24x24	24x24	14x14
Array	512x512	1024x1024	2048x2048
Full Well Capacity	>350K	>350K	270K
Anti-Bloom?	no	no	no
Dark Current	50e@20°C	50e@20°C	25e@25°C
Readout Noise	15e	15e	10-20e
Spectral Response	see below for SITe chips
CTE	0.99999	0.99999	0.99997

	Sirius Instruments
Camera	CWIP cameras
Chip	Sanyo LC9931(FT)
Pixel Size	12.7x15
Array	378x240
Full Well Capacity	110K

	SMD Cameras
Camera	1M15	4M15	4M4	Mach1
Chip	TH7888 FT	TH7899 FF	TH7899 FF	TH7899
Pixel Size	14x14	14x14	14x14	36x36
Array	1024x1024	2048x2048	2048x2048	512x512
Full Well Capacity	250K	250k	250k	250k
Anti-Bloom?	yes	no	no	yes
Dark Current		300e/s@25°C	300e/s@25°C
Readout Noise		1.3 counts rms	1.3 counts rms
Spectral Response		40% max @750nm	40% max @750nm

	Finger Lakes Instrumentation
Camera	IMG260	IMG1300	IMG400	IMG1600	IMG1000
Chip	KAF260	KAF1300	KAF400	KAF1600	KAF1000
Pixel Size	20x20	16x16	9x9	9x9	24x24
Array	512x512	1280x1024	768x512	1552x1032	1024x1024
Full Well Capacity	400k	150k	85k	85k	400k
Anti-Bloom?	see details for kodak chips below
Dark Current
Readout Noise
Spectral Response

Back illuminated SITE chips with AR coating have 70%@450nm, 80%@550nm, 85%@650nm	Back illuminated SITE chips with UVAR coating have 67%@350nm, 72%@450nm, 70%@550nm, 70%@650nm
KAF chips without antiblooming gates have 10%@450nm, 28%@550nm, 38%@650nm and still rising to a maximum of 40%@750nm	KAF chips with antiblooming gates have 5%@450nm, 15%@550nm, 20%@650nm and 22%@750nm

Karen Holland