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Teledyne e2v CMOS Image Sensors

e2v’s Sapphire family of CMOS image sensors has been expanded to include a new 2 Megapixel variant, which is manufactured with a microlens designed to accept a Chief Ray Angle (CRA) as low as zero degrees. This feature significantly improves performance with excellent uniformity of response over the whole array area, ideal for applications such as microscopy.

The new sensor can be used with the same electronic and optical interfaces as the standard Sapphire 2-megapixel EV76C570, making it ideal as a drop-in replacement. This enables existing camera systems to serve new applications, or offer improved performance in current applications (such as machine vision) due to better image uniformity and reduced shading artifacts.

The new sensor is available in colour (EV76C571ACT) and black and white (EV76C571ABT).

Please contact e2v for samples, pricing and datasheets.For media enquiries, please contact:
[email protected] | + 44 (0)1245 453607

Notes to Editors:
Bringing life to technology, e2v partners with its customers to improve, save and protect people’s lives.  e2v’s innovations lead developments in automation, healthcare, communications, safety, discovery and the environment.

e2v’s CMOS, CCD and EM image sensors, line scan cameras, camera modules and subsystems deliver high performance across many applications. e2v’s unique approach involves listening to the market and application challenges of customers and partnering with them to provide innovative standard, semi-custom or fully custom imaging solutions, bringing increased value to their systems.

e2v employs approximately 1750 people worldwide, has design and operational facilities across Europe, North America and Asia, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. e2v has annual sales of GB236M as at 31 March 2016 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more information www.e2v.com

e2v’s ELiiXA+ family of line scan cameras has been expanded to include two new dual-line 8k monochrome models, providing customers with 5?m pixels that can be operated in two active CMOS line modes (depending on user settings). This enables users to achieve higher line rates and sensitivity, at a very attractive price.

The dual-line models are part of e2v’s ELiiXA+ family of line scan cameras, which all feature e2v’s multi-line CMOS technology and combine high responsivity with an extremely low noise level. This delivers a high signal-to-noise ratio, even when short integration times are required or illumination is limited.

The new dual-line camera is available in a 40KHz model (EV71YC2MCL8005-BA0) or 100KHz model (EV71YC2MCL8005-BA1), both with a Camera Link interface. Typical applications include:

• Raw material surface inspection
• General inspection
• Electronic device inspection
• Parcel and postal sorting
• High resolution document scanning
• Print and paper inspection

For media enquiries, please contact:
[email protected] | + 44 (0)1245 453607

Notes to Editors:
Bringing life to technology, e2v partners with its customers to improve, save and protect people’s lives.  e2v’s innovations lead developments in automation, healthcare, communications, safety, discovery and the environment.

e2v’s CMOS, CCD and EM image sensors, line scan cameras, camera modules and subsystems deliver high performance across many applications. e2v’s unique approach involves listening to the market and application challenges of customers and partnering with them to provide innovative standard, semi-custom or fully custom imaging solutions, bringing increased value to their systems.

e2v employs approximately 1750 people worldwide, has design and operational facilities across Europe, North America and Asia, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. e2v has annual sales of GB236M as at 31 March 2016 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more information www.e2v.com

e2v, a leading provider of innovative technology for high performance systems and equipment, announced today that its Onyx CMOS image sensor was awarded Gold by the judges of the annual Vision Systems Design Innovators Awards programme. The judging panel consisted of esteemed experts from system integrator and end-user companies.

e2v was honoured with a Gold award for the Onyx 1.3MP high speed CMOS image sensor, which allows discernible images to be produced at extremely low light levels and through diffusing environments (e.g. fog and smoke) by range-gating, ideal for use in Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) and security cameras. The high speed CMOS device features include an embedded active imaging system which synchronises external illumination and internal electronic shuttering.

Gareth Powell, CMOS Sensors Marketing Manager at e2v, comments, “We are very proud to receive recognition for our innovative CMOS capabilities that make our sensors stand out from the crowd. Our heritage and expertise in imaging technology enables us to differentiate our products with unique features and functions that our customers can exploit to add real value to their end products.”

Alan Bergstein, publisher of Vision Systems Design, said, “This prestigious programme allows Vision Systems Design to celebrate and recognise the most innovative products and services in the vision and image processing industry. Our 2016 Honourees are an outstanding example of companies who are making an impact in the industry.”

The Innovators Awards are judged based on the following criteria:
• Originality
• Innovation
• Impact on Designers, Systems Integrators, End Users
• Fulfilling a need in the market that hasn’t been addressed
• Leveraging a novel technology

The 2016 Vision Systems Design Innovators Awards Honourees are featured in the June Issue of Vision Systems Design magazine as well as on vision-systems.com.

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[email protected] | + 44 (0)1245 453607

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e2v
Bringing life to technology, e2v partners with its customers to improve, save and protect people’s lives. Delivering innovative technology for high performance systems and equipment, e2v leads developments in communications, automation, discovery, healthcare and the environment.

e2v’s CMOS, CCD and EM image sensors, line scan cameras, camera modules and subsystems deliver high performance across many applications. e2v’s unique approach involves listening to the market and application challenges of customers and partnering with them to provide innovative standard, semi-custom or fully custom imaging solutions, bringing increased value to their systems.

e2v employs approximately 1750 people worldwide, has design and operational facilities across Europe, North America and Asia, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. e2v has annual sales of GB225M as at 31 March 2015 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more information www.e2v.com

About Vision Systems Design
Published since 1996, Vision Systems Design is a global resource for engineers, engineering managers and systems integrators that provides comprehensive global coverage of vision systems technologies, applications, and markets. Vision Systems Design’s magazine, website (www.vision-systems.com), email newsletters and webcasts report on and analyse the latest technology and business developments and trends in the worldwide machine vision and image processing industry.

About The Vision Systems Design 2016 Innovators Awards programme
The Vision Systems Design 2016 Innovators Awards programme reviews and recognised the most innovative products and services in the vision and image processing industry. Honourees were announced at The Vision Show 2016 held in Boston, MA, USA. Criteria used in the Innovators Awards ranking included: originality, innovation; impact on designers, systems integrators and end-users; fulfilling a need in the market that hasn’t been addressed, leveraging a novel technology, and increasing productivity.

e2v, the leading imaging solutions provider, today announced the introduction of the UNiiQA+ *PoCL camera family, offering affordable, flexible and simple high speed line scan solutions to the automation world.

The UNiiQA+ camera series provides a line scan solution of unmatched simplicity at the best price versus performance ratio. This broad range of cameras also offer a ‘one-stop-shop’ solution at multiple price points in order to accommodate any performance requirement and budget.

Thanks to e2v’s exclusive CMOS image sensor technology, the UNiiQA+ is available across the full resolution range from 0.5k to 16k pixels and in speeds of up to 100KHz in both colour and monochrome. The 5µm pixel pitch sensor enables the UNiiQA+ to stand as the most compact line scan camera on the market today and to be C-mount compatible at any resolution up to 4k pixels.

The UNiiQA+ also challenges existing line scan camera standards by bringing versatile multi resolution models to machine vision OEMs. This simplifies their supply chain and improves the modularity of their equipment, enabling a faster time-to-market for new products, with little additional investment.

Francois Thouret, President of Professional Imaging at e2v commented, “Launched as a complementary offer to our high-end ELiiXA+ line scan camera series, the UNiiQA+ range now offers more camera choice to support applications that require both entry-level performance and high speed. We expect that the UNiiQA+ will bring a long term competitive advantage to our customers in their markets and also broaden line scan imaging to new applications.”

Typical applications for the camera include: on-line quality control and inspection of plastics, films, glass, paper, non-woven materials and wood. Other applications include: food sorting, barcode reading and microscopy.

We will be exhibiting our new UNiiQA+ cameras at Vision, Stuttgart, from 4 – 6 November 2014. Come and see us in Hall 1 on stand E22 or to book a meeting with the team contact [email protected]

Further UNiiQA+ models (including a USB3Vision version) are planned for release throughout 2015.

For more information about e2v visit www.e2v.comNotes to Editors:

*PoCL:  a Power Over Camera Link

About e2v: e2v is a leading global provider of specialist technology for high performance systems and equipment; delivering solutions, sub-systems and components for applications within medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets. e2v employs approximately 1650 people, has design and operational facilities across Europe, North America and Asia, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. e2v has annual sales of GBP217m and is listed on the London Stock Exchange www.e2v.com

e2v, a leading global provider of high performance imaging solutions, has launched colour versions of its market leading ELiiXA+ line scan cameras.  The new colour 16k/8k and 8k/4k cameras are based on e2v’s multi-line CMOS technology.  They provide users with a true colour mode, making them ideal for high resolution document scanning and the inspection of printing, flat panel displays, printed circuit boards, food, pharmaceutical and high quality raw material surfaces.

e2v has designed it’s ELiiXA+ camera family specifically to provide advanced speed, supreme sensitivity and high resolution.  This is done by incorporating an innovative CMOS pixel architecture, combining the most advanced signal to noise ratio per individual pixel with multi-line architecture, to boost sensitivity by sequentially integrating the same object line with full exposure control. The family was launched in 2011 with the 16k pixel monochrome camera (for advanced machine vision applications), followed by the 8k/4k pixel monochrome camera in 2012 (broadening the range of applications).

The two new ELiiXA+ colour cameras provide high line rates, up to 95,000 lines per second, and combine high response with an extremely low noise level; this delivers a high signal to noise ratio, even when short integration times are required or when illumination is limited.  The 5?m pixel size is arranged in four active lines and a dual line filter configuration allows the cameras to be operated in several modes:

• True colour mode with 10µm RGB pixels to provide equivalent colour fidelity to 10µm pixel tri-linear solutions with advanced immunity to web variation.
• Full definition mode with a unique 16,384 RGB pixel resolution.

The16k/8k pixel resolution model is available with a CoaXPress interface, whilst the 8k/4k model is interfaced through Camera Link.

Sebastien Teysseyre, e2v’s marketing manager for industrial cameras said “The e2v multi-line CMOS technology available in the ELiiXA+ camera family has been quickly adopted by the market because of its unique capability to simultaneously deliver advanced performance combined with high levels of versatility for system integration.  Adding these two new colour models to the ELiiXA+ family supports the market in the ever increasing need for colour imaging, setting new standard for industrial imaging.”

The two new colour cameras will be commercially available from May 2013 and will be demonstrated at the Automation World 2013 show in Seoul, Korea (March 13th-16th 2013) and the Vision China show in Shanghai, China (March 19th-March 21th 2013) on e2v partner booths.PRESS OFFICE CONTACT:
Jessica Broom, Group Marketing Communication Manager
[email protected]           Tel: + 44 (0) 1 245 453 607

NOTES FOR EDITORS

About e2v

e2v is a leading global provider of specialist technology for high performance systems and equipment; delivering solutions, sub-systems and components for applications within medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets.

e2v employs approximately 1650 people, has design and operational facilities across Europe, North America and Asia, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. For the year ended 31 March 2012, e2v reported sales of GBP235m and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

For more information visit e2v.com

e2v, a leading global provider of high performance imaging solutions, has added the 2MP EV76C570 device to its Sapphire family of optimised industrial imaging CMOS sensors.

Ideal for machine vision applications; the EV76C570 is the latest addition to e2v’s renowned industrial CMOS image sensor range. The device uses the same CLCC48 package and retains compatibility with the 1.3MP Sapphire sensor that is in full production.  A 1/1.8 inch optical format is retained thanks to the reduced pixel size of 4.5µm x 4.5µm.  The SPI register banks are also virtually identical, therefore customers who have developed vision systems around the Sapphire (EV76560) and/or Ruby (EV76C660 & EV76C661) 1.3MP sensors, are able to implement the new EV76C570 to extend their product portfolio, with minimal extra development efforts and cost.

The compatibility of the family also extends to the following embedded application features:

• Both rolling and global shutter configuration with high global shutter efficiency
• Up to 60fps frame rate
• 4 x separately configurable regions of interest including the possibility to programme each window with separate exposure and gain settings
• A histogram embedded in the footer of the image data field for image statistics to reduce the processing overhead for auto exposure/gain algorithms
• A lin/log pixel response mode for high dynamic range image capture
• A 10 Bit parallel output which can be compressed to 8 bits using a multi-slope companding technique.

Applications for the EV76C570 range from machine vision and smart cameras, to print or barcode scanning. It is available in both black and white and colour versions with microlens and is ideal for use in outdoor cameras for traffic or surveillance applications.  It also has some new and unique gated multi-integration modes of operation to offer many new possibilities when synchronised with pulsed illumination.

Gareth Powell, marketing manager of industrial imaging sensors at e2v said “The market success and growing cost/performance reputation of our Sapphire and Ruby devices have paved the way for this new addition to the family. The increased resolution is well timed with advances in processing speeds and also with the emergence of new higher speed interfaces like USB3.0.”

e2v will be demonstrating this image sensor plus others from the range at Vision, Stuttgart 6th-8th November 2012. For more information on sample availability and pricing contact us online at e2v.com

PRESS OFFICE CONTACT:

Jessica Broom, Marketing Communication Manager
[email protected]           Tel: + 44 (0) 1 245 453 607

NOTES FOR EDITORS

About e2v
e2v is a leading global provider of specialist technology for high performance systems and equipment; delivering solutions, sub-systems and components for applications within medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets.
e2v employs approximately 1650 people, has design and operational facilities across Europe, North America and Asia, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. For the year ended 31 March 2012, e2v reported sales of GBP235m and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
For more information visit e2v.com

e2v, a leading global provider of high performance imaging solutions, is launching the ELiiXA+ 8k/4k at Vision 2012, in Stuttgart, Germany.  Based on e2v multi-line CMOS technology, this new camera is the second addition to e2v’s successful ELiiXA+ industrial line scan camera family and is aimed at a broad range of applications, providing high performance, ease of use and robustness at a competitive price.

e2v’s ELiiXA+ camera family is designed specifically to provide advanced speed, supreme sensitivity and high resolution by incorporating an innovative CMOS pixel architecture, combining the most advanced signal to noise ratio per individual pixel, and multi-line architecture to boost sensitivity further by sequentially integrating the same object line with full exposure control. The family was launched last year with a 16k pixel camera aimed at advanced machine vision applications.

The new ELiiXA+ 8k/4k brings high performance sensor technology to a broader range of applications, such as the inspection of raw material surfaces and general web material, the sorting of parcel and postal documents, the scanning of print and high resolution documents as well as the advanced inspection of flat panel displays, printed circuit boards and solar cells. The new camera provides the following features:

• The two most desired resolutions available in the same camera for versatile integration and evolution: 8,192 pixels, 5µm x 5µm pixel pitch, 4 active CMOS lines and 4,096 pixels, 10µm x 10 µm pixel pitch, 2 active CMOS lines
• Compatible with standard F-mount lenses
• e2v multi-line CMOS technology offers a one order of magnitude increase in sensitivity versus a standard Charge Coupled Device (CCD)
• e2v multi-line CMOS technology is compatible with full exposure control
• Ultra-fast line rate up to 100,000 lines/s
• Camera Link interface
• Up to 12-bit depth
• Power consumption below 7W
• Vertical and horizontal binning
• Fast and easy configuration

e2v’s ELiiXA+ 8k/4k camera also benefits from a compact design with a 41mm active sensor that can be operated in an 8k or 4k pixel mode depending on the user settings. The camera is cost effective to implement as the sensor length is compatible with the readily available and affordable F-mount lenses which perfectly matches the 5µm pixel size. Two models of the new camera are available with either Medium Camera Link interface or Full/Deca Camera Link interface.

Sébastien Teysseyre, e2v’s marketing manager for industrial cameras said “With the new ELiiXA+ 8k/4k, e2v is setting new standards for machine vision line scan cameras.  This new camera family competes directly with single/dual line scan camera technology and CCD TDI solutions, but the ELiiXA+ cameras have the advantage of delivering higher product performance with fewer integration constraints.  Our R&D team have worked hard to develop e2v’s new multi-line CMOS technology so that it achieves 100,000 lines/sec but still delivers high sensitivity.  This is done by using the sensors 4 active lines whilst at the same time keeping the power consumption below 7W and giving the user full control over the exposure time.”

The camera will be unveiled at e2v’s booth (hall 1, booth E22) at Vision 2012, Stuttgart Germany from 6th- 8th November.PRESS OFFICE CONTACT:

Jessica Broom
[email protected]
Tel: + 44 (0) 1 245 453 607

NOTES FOR EDITORS

About e2v
e2v is a leading global provider of specialist technology for high performance systems and equipment; delivering solutions, sub-systems and components for applications within medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets.
e2v employs approximately 1650 people, has design and operational facilities across Europe, North America and Asia, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. For the year ended 31 March 2012, e2v reported sales of GBP235m and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
For more information visit e2v.com

e2v, the leading global provider of high performance imaging solutions, has launched two new devices from the e2v Ruby family of CMOS imaging sensors, the EV76C660 and EV76C661.  These sensors have sensitivity performance beyond that previously considered possible on traditional front side illuminated sensors, with an extended wavelength range.

The new Ruby sensors are a derivative of e2v’s widely acclaimed Sapphire CMOS sensors; offering a pixel size of 5.3?m, Quantum Efficiency (QE) of over 80% and excellent sensitivity and performance in the near-infrared spectrum (>50% at 850nm).  Both Ruby imaging sensors significantly reduce system illumination costs, or enable very low-light imaging in outdoor camera applications. The same package, pin-out and software interface as e2v’s Sapphire family gives customers access to a range of differentiated industrial camera products from a single hardware and software development.

The Ruby EV76C660 is optimised for rolling shutter operation and combines very high sensitivity and low noise. It is the perfect device for night vision and outdoor cameras, for example in high-end security applications.  The Ruby EV76C661 combines the family’s extended wavelength sensitivity with best-in-class global shutter efficiency. It is perfect for applications that need to capture fast moving objects, for example in machine vision cameras or intelligent traffic systems.

Frederic Devriere, marketing manager at e2v said “The low power consumption of these new Ruby sensors makes them ideal for hand-held devices or personal equipment, presenting ground-breaking performance.  Key customers that have sampled the new devices have already given positive feedback, finding them easy-to-use and integrate.  Overall the enhanced sensitivity of these sensors, combined with their extended wavelength range means they represent the best price/performance ratio you can find in the market”.

PRESS OFFICE CONTACT:

Jessica Broom, Marketing Communication Manager

[email protected]

Tel: + 44 (0) 1 245 453 607

NOTES FOR EDITORS

About e2v

e2v is a leading global provider of specialist technology for high performance systems and equipment; delivering solutions, sub-systems and components for specialist applications within medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets. e2v has its headquarters in the UK, employs approximately 1500 people, has design and production facilities across Europe and North America, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. For the year ended 31 March 2011, e2v reported sales of £229m and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more information visit e2v.com.

e2v, a global provider of high performance imaging solutions, has announced that its innovative CMOS image sensors have been chosen by Cognex, a leading manufacturer of industrial ID cameras and systems, for their image-based reading products.

Cognex has chosen e2v’s EV76C560 1.3MP CMOS image sensors to best meet the high performance requirements for some of their DataMan^® range of industrial scanning and identification products. The EV76C560 has multiple shutter modes and useful features that have been specifically tuned for industrial imaging applications.

“Cognex chose to partner with e2v as a key technology provider to ensure that our market-leading products continue to stand out in a highly competitive segment,” said Carl Gerst, Cognex’s vice president and ID business unit general manager.

Gareth Powell, marketing manager for e2v’s industrial image sensors, said, “We are very excited to become a valued key component supplier to Cognex, being formidable leaders in the industrial ID and machine vision segments. Our product roadmaps will continue to evolve and serve Cognex into the future.”

e2v’s growing family of high-sensitivity CMOS image sensors target industrial machine vision, barcode scanning, surveillance, intelligent traffic cameras and other demanding applications. The latest development is the EV76C570, a 1600 x 1200 pixel sensor based on the existing 1.3MP device. Prototype samples of the device will be available in the first quarter of 2012.

Also sampling in this quarter are the e2v ‘Ruby’ family (EV76C660 and EV76C661), which have sensitivity performance beyond that considered possible on traditional front side illuminated sensors, with a pixel size of 5.3µm. With Quantum Efficiency (QE) over 80% and excellent sensitivity performance in the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum (>50% at 850nm), these breakthrough devices can significantly reduce system illumination costs, or enable very low-light imaging in outdoor camera applications. Sharing the same package, pin-out and software interface, the EV76C560, EV76C570, EV76C660, and EV76C661 products can enable a range of differentiated industrial camera products from a single hardware and software development effort.

Come and see our live demo at Vision, Stuttgart 2011 from the 8^th-10^th November 2011 in hall 4 on booth C 16.PRESS OFFICE CONTACT:

Jessica Broom
[email protected]
Tel: + 44 (0) 1 245 453 607

About e2v

e2v is a leading global provider of specialist technology for high performance systems and equipment; delivering solutions, sub-systems and components for specialist applications within medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets. e2v is headquartered in the UK, employs approximately 1500 people, has design and production facilities across Europe and North America, and has a global network of sales and technical support offices. For the year ended 31 March 2011, e2v reported sales of £229m and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more information visit e2v.com.

About Cognex

Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and markets a range of products that incorporate sophisticated machine vision technology that gives them the ability to “see.” Cognex products include bar code readers, machine vision sensors and machine vision systems that are used in factories, warehouses and distribution centers around the world to guide, gauge, inspect, identify and assure the quality of items during the manufacturing and distribution process. Cognex is the world’s leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 700,000 vision-based products, representing over $3 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company’s founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has regional offices and distributors located throughout North America, Japan, Europe, Asia and Latin America. For details, visit Cognex on-line at http://www.cognex.com.