Applications for Color View I
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 Resolution: 2080 x 1544 pixels
Binning: 2x, 3x
Dynamic range: 3 x 12 bits
Exposure time: 100 µs – 10 sec.
Frame rate: > 29 fps @ 3x binning |
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Becke line |
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The Becke line appears as a band of light along the boundary between two media with different... More
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Binning |
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Binning, also called on-chip integration, is the combination of the charges of neighboring CCD pixels during readout.... More
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Bit Depth of Camera Data |
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The bit depth refers to the digitization of the analogue light signal by the analogue-to-digital (A/D) converter... More
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Blooming |
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If a CCD is overexposed, that is, if the illumination exceeds the full-well capacity of the photodiodes... More
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Cathodic vacuum etching |
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The prepared and scratch-free specimen forms the cathode in a vacuum glow discharge chamber. During the etching... More
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CCD |
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The acronym CCD stands for "charge-coupled device". CCDs are used as electronic light sensors: Photons hitting the... More
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CCD Chip Size |
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The CCD chip size is often given in an inch measure: 1/2" chip, 2/3" chip, etc. Counter... More
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CCD Chip Types |
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Back-thinned, back-illuminated CCD chips
This is a rather expensive and delicate type of chips for high-end scientific-grade... More
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Chemical Etching |
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After sectioning and grinding several cycles of etching and polishing remove
disturbed metal layers from the surface of... More
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Concrete |
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Optical microscopy is an important tool to analyse concrete and related materials (building stones, bricks …). Semitransparent... More
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Data Readout Rate |
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Usually the rate limiting step is analogue-to-digital signal conversion. The conversion rate ranges somewhere between 1 and... More
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Digital images |
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Digital image files are based on tables that list the intensities, or "counts", of all pixels. In... More
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Dynamic Range |
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The dynamic range of a CCD camera (DR) is the maximum signal (which is directly related to... More
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Electrolytic Etching |
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Some materials react very slow to chemical etching (eg. stainless steel,
chromium, nickel and cobalt based materials).... More
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Embryonic stem cells |
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Embyronic stem cell lines, which were originally produced from the inner core of human blastocysts as well... More
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Etching |
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To enhance the contrast of a metal surface for observation in reflected light
microscope etching is a... More
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FireWire |
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The IEEE1394, also called FireWire, is a modern plug-and-play interface between PC and camera (or other peripherals,... More
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Full-Well Capacity |
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This is the maximum amount of charges (electrons) the photodiodes of a CCD chip can accommodate. It... More
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Gout microscopy |
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One of the most common medical applications for polarised light microscopy is the identification of gout crystals... More
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Michel Levy |
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The birefringence of an anisotropic material can be estimated when observed
and/or photographed in a polarised light... More
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Oblique Illumination |
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Achieving conditions necessary for oblique illumination, which has been
employed to enhance specimen visibility since the dawn... More
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Optical Etching |
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Depending on the alloy the surface of an as-polished specimen can be optically
etched by using light... More
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Phase Contrast |
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Phase contrast was introduced in the 1930's for testing of telescope mirrors, and was adapted by Zeiss... More
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Pixels |
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Digital images are made up of many thousands or even millions of tiny squares (or rectangles) called... More
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Reflected Darkfield Microscopy |
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Darkfield illumination with reflected light enables visualisation of grain boundaries, surface defects, and other features that are... More
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Rock formation |
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As well as providing information on component minerals, an examination of
geological thin sections using polarising microscopy can... More
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Semiconductor Wafer Inspection |
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By using reflected light microscopy wafers can be inspected for contaminants,
roughness or flatness. Brightfield, darfield, and DIC... More
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Shading |
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Gradual noise and sensitivity variations across the CCD chip and the corresponding inherent intensity gradients in the... More
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Slow-Scan Cameras |
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CCD cameras are often termed slow-scan cameras because their standard frame rate is usually less than that... More
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Twinning |
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A twinned crystal consists of two or more parts with different crystallographic orientations. The crystals lattice of... More
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Well depth |
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The well depth is the maximum amount of charges (electrons) the photodiodes of a CCD chip can... More
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