Teledyne e2v has over 20 years of experience in designing sensors for laser triangulation applications. We provide standard off-the-shelf sensors (such as Flash) to market leading camera manufacturers, as well as custom sensors, specifically designed for their individual needs. Derivatives are also possible on standard sensors, both at soft and hard levels, to enable differentiation. Some examples are listed below, but additional derivatives are available on demand.

Soft Derivatives

There is, for example, the possibility to increase the full well capacity of the pixels, or to use a low power mode that can trade-off the frame rate with the number of LVDS and the power consumption, e.g. if you want to use less LVDS or if the power consumption is important for your application.

Hard Derivatives

There is the possibility to add a custom color filter array or a custom micro-lens array onto the sensor. Another derivative that we offer is with regard to the Scheimpflug angle. Laser triangulation normally requires that the optical system is not perpendicular to the sensing plane, but tilted to a certain angle (as shown below). This is called the Scheimpflug principle, which implies a loss of signal due to the angular response of the sensor which can be quite significative when angles are large. This can be compensated for through a simple derivative specifically adapted for the angle you use in your application.