Photon Focus MV1-D3360-160-CL Series User manual

MAN070 03/2015 V1.0
Photonfocus
MV1-D3360-160-CL Camera Series
CMOS camera with CameraLink® interface

All information provided in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. No
responsibility is assumed by Photonfocus AG for its use. Photonfocus AG reserves the right to
make changes to this information without notice.
Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited without prior
permission having been obtained from Photonfocus AG.
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Contents
1 Preface 5
1.1 About Photonfocus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 Contact............................................. 5
1.3 Sales Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 Further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5 Legend ............................................. 6
2 Introduction 7
2.1 Camera Naming convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Cameralist........................................... 7
3 How to get started (CameraLink®) 9
4 Product Specification 13
4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.2 Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.3 Available Camera Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.4 Technical Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.5 RGB Bayer Pattern Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.6 Frame Grabber relevant Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5 Functionality 23
5.1 Reduction of Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1.1 Region of Interest (ROI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1.2 Multiple Regions of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.1.3 Decimation (monochrome cameras) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.1.4 Decimation (color cameras) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.1.5 Maximal Frame Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
5.2 Trigger and Strobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.2.2 Trigger Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.2.3 Exposure Time Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
5.2.4 Trigger Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
5.2.5 Burst Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.2.6 Trigger timing values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.2.7 Software Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.2.8 Missed Trigger Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.2.9 Counter Reset by an External Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.2.10 Strobe Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.3 Multiple Slope Mode (High Dynamic Range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.4 Data Path Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.5 Bad Pixel Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.5.1 Enable / Disable the Bad Pixel Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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5.5.2 Calibration of the Bad Pixel Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.5.3 Storing the calibration in permanent memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.6 Column FPN Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.6.1 Enable / Disable the Column FPN Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.6.2 Calibration of the Column FPN Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.6.3 Storing the calibration in permanent memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.7 Gain and Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.8 Grey Level Transformation (LUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5.8.1 Gain........................................... 50
5.8.2 Gamma......................................... 51
5.8.3 User-defined Look-up Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.8.4 Region LUT and LUT Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.9 Crosshairs............................................ 55
5.9.1 Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5.10 Image Information and Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.10.1 Counters and Average Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.10.2 Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.10.3 Camera Type Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.11TestImages........................................... 60
5.11.1Ramp .......................................... 60
5.11.2LFSR........................................... 60
5.11.3 Troubleshooting using the LFSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.12 Configuration Interface (CameraLink®) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6 Hardware Interface 65
6.1 Connectors........................................... 65
6.1.1 CameraLink®Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.2 Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.1.3 Trigger and Strobe Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.1.4 Status Indicator (CameraLink®cameras) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.1.5 CameraLink®Data Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
7 The PFRemote Control Tool 69
7.1 Overview............................................ 69
7.2 PFRemote and PFLib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.3 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
7.4 Installation Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.5 Graphical User Interface (GUI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.5.1 Port Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
7.5.2 Ports, Device Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
7.5.3 Main Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
7.6 Device Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
8 Graphical User Interface (GUI) 73
8.1 MV1-D3360-160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
8.1.1 Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
8.1.2 Window ........................................ 76
8.1.3 Trigger ......................................... 79
8.1.4 Data Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.1.5 LUT (Look-Up-Table) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.1.6 Multislope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
8.1.7 Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8.1.8 Info ........................................... 88
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9 Mechanical Considerations 91
9.1 Mechanical Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
9.1.1 MV1 cameras with CameraLink®Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
10 Warranty 93
10.1 Warranty Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
10.2 Warranty Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
11 References 95
A Pinouts 97
A.1 Power Supply Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
A.2 CameraLink®Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
B Camera Revisions 101
B.1 General Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
B.2 8MP Area Scan Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C Revision History 103
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CONTENTS
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1
Preface
1.1 About Photonfocus
The Swiss company Photonfocus is one of the leading specialists in the development of CMOS
image sensors and corresponding industrial cameras for machine vision.
Photonfocus is dedicated to making the latest generation of CMOS technology commercially
available. Active Pixel Sensor (APS) and global shutter technologies enable high speed and
high dynamic range (120 dB) applications, while avoiding disadvantages like image lag,
blooming and smear.
Photonfocus’ product range is complemented by custom design solutions in the area of camera
electronics and CMOS image sensors.
Photonfocus is ISO 9001 certified. All products are produced with the latest techniques in order
to ensure the highest degree of quality.
1.2 Contact
Photonfocus AG, Bahnhofplatz 10, CH-8853 Lachen SZ, Switzerland
Sales Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Support Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected]
Table 1.1: Photonfocus Contact
1.3 Sales Offices
Photonfocus products are available through an extensive international distribution network
and through our key account managers. Contacts to our key account managers can be found
at www.photonfocus.com.
1.4 Further information
Photonfocus reserves the right to make changes to its products and documenta-
tion without notice. Photonfocus products are neither intended nor certified for
use in life support systems or in other critical systems. The use of Photonfocus
products in such applications is prohibited.
Photonfocus is a trademark and LinLog®is a registered trademark of Photonfo-
cus AG. CameraLink®and GigE Vision®are a registered mark of the Automated
Imaging Association. Product and company names mentioned herein are trade-
marks or trade names of their respective companies.
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1 Preface
Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited
without prior permission having been obtained from Photonfocus AG.
Photonfocus can not be held responsible for any technical or typographical er-
rors.
1.5 Legend
In this documentation the reader’s attention is drawn to the following icons:
Important note
Alerts and additional information
Attention, critical warning
✎
Notification, user guide
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Introduction
This manual describes standard Photonfocus D3360 series cameras that have a CameraLink®
interface. The cameras contain CMV8000 sensor from CMOSIS. The Photonfocus D3360
CameraLink®series has the following sensor types:
Monochrome Standard monochrome sensor
Color Color sensor
2.1 Camera Naming convention
The naming convention of the D3360 camera series is summarized in Fig. 2.1.
MV 1 - D 3 3 6 0 C - 1 6 0 - C L - 1 0
Pr e f i x 1
P r e f i x 2
S e n s o r w i d t h
S e n s o r t y p e
( o p t i o n a l )
C a m e r a
s p e e d
I n t e r f a c e t y p e
I n t e r f a c e
r e s o l u t i o n
Figure 2.1: Camera naming convention
Prefix1 All cameras covered in this manual have MV1 as Prefix1.
Prefix2 Camera family specifier. The following specifiers are used in this manual: "D":
standard area scan cameras
Sensor width All cameras covered in this manual use sensors with a width of 3360 pixels.
Sensor height This indication is optional to avoid ambiguity. The D-cameras that use the 8
MPix CMV8000 sensor have a height indicator of "2496".
Sensor type Available sensor types are: "C": color cameras. Cameras without sensor type
specifier have a standard monochrome sensor.
Camera speed The camera speed is usually the product of the camera interface clock in MHz
and the number of parallel interface channels (taps).
Interface type All cameras covered by this manual have a CameraLink®interface denoted by
"CL".
Interface resolution Resolution (bit width) of the camera interface.
2.2 Camera list
A list of all cameras covered in this manual is shown in Table 2.1 (see also Table 4.2).
Abbreviated camera names are used in this manual to increase readability. The following
abbreviations are used (see also Table 2.1):
D3360 camera series All cameras covered in this manual
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2 Introduction
D-camera Cameras that don’t have a line scan mode. These cameras have Prefix2="D" (see also
Fig. 2.1).
D-xxx D-cameras with camera speed = xxx, e.g. D-160.
Color Cameras that have a color sensor.
Name Resolution Camera Family Abbreviation NIR Color
MV1-D3360-160-CL-10 8 MPix D-camera D-160 no no
MV1-D3360C-160-CL-10 8 MPix D-camera C-160 no yes
Table 2.1: Camera models covered by this manual
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How to get started (CameraLink®)
The following items are required to operate your Photonfocus D3360 CameraLink®camera:
• PC
• Suitable CameraLink®frame grabber card to be installed in the PC. All Photonfocus
CameraLink®cameras are fully compatible with the CameraLink®standard 1.1 and later.
Therefore, all framegrabbers complying with the standard will be compatible with
Photonfocus cameras if they meet the interface and speed specifications of the cameras.
Note that some framegrabbers use CameraLink®chipsets limited to 66 MHz pixel clocks.
These framegrabbers are not compatible with Photonfocus D3360 series CameraLink®
cameras. If you have compatibility questions concerning your framegrabber, please
contact our support team via [email protected]. Suitable CameraLink®frame
grabbers can be purchased from Photonfocus directly (www.photonfocus.com) in some
countries.
• CameraLink®cable. The cable length should not be too big for the camera. The camera
includes test images (see Section 5.11) to measure the transmission quality of the system.
CameraLink®cables can be purchased from directly Photonfocus (www.photonfocus.com)
in some countries.
• A suitable power supply. A suitable power supply can be purchased at your Photonfocus
dealership.
• C-Mount camera lens. Note that if you plan to use your NIR enhanced camera in the near
infrared region (NIR), then you should use SWIR camera lenses.
1. Install a suitable frame grabber in your PC.
2. Install the frame grabber software.
✎
Without installed frame grabber software the camera configuration tool PFRe-
mote will not be able to communicate with the camera. Please follow the in-
structions of the frame grabber supplier.
3. Remove the camera from its packaging. Please make sure the following items are included
with your camera:
• Power supply connector (7-pole power plug)
• Camera body cap
If any items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealership.
4. Remove the camera body cap from the camera and mount a suitable lens.
When removing the camera body cap or when changing the lens, the camera
should always be held with the opening facing downwards to prevent dust or
debris falling onto the CMOS sensor.
Do not touch the sensor surface. Protect the image sensor from particles and
dirt!
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3 How to get started (CameraLink®)
Figure 3.1: Camera with protective cap and lens.
To choose a lens, see the Lens Finder in the ’Support’ area at
www.photonfocus.com.
5. Connect the camera to the frame grabber with a suitable CameraLink®cable (see Fig. 3.2).
Figure 3.2: Camera with frame grabber, power supply and cable.
Do not connect or disconnect the CameraLink®cable while camera power is on!
For more information about CameraLink®see Section 5.12.
6. Connect a suitable power supply to the provided 7-pole power plug. For the connector
assembly see Fig. A.1. The pinout of the connector is shown in Appendix Appendix A.
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Check the correct supply voltage and polarity! Do not exceed the maximum
operating voltage of +12V DC (±10%).
7. Connect the power supply to the camera (see Fig. 3.2).
✎
The status LED on the rear of the camera will light red for a short moment, and
then flash green. For more information see Section 6.1.4.
8. Download the camera software PFRemote to your computer.
You can find the latest version of PFRemote on the support page at
www.photonfocus.com.
9. Install the camera software PFRemote. Please follow the instructions of the PFRemote
setup wizard.
Figure 3.3: Screen shot PFremote setup wizard
10. Start the camera software PFRemote and choose the communication port.
Figure 3.4: PFRemote start window
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3 How to get started (CameraLink®)
11. Check the status LED on the rear of the camera.
✎
The status LED lights green when an image is being produced, and it is red when
serial communication is active. For more information see Section 6.1.4.
12. You may display images using the software that is provided by the frame grabber
manufacturer.
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Product Specification
4.1 Introduction
The Photonfocus D3360 CMOS camera series is built around the CMOS image sensor CMV8000
from CMOSIS, that provide a resolution of 3360 x 2496 pixels. The cameras are optimized for
low light conditions and there are standard monochrome and color (C) models. The cameras
are aimed at standard applications in industrial image processing where high sensitivity and
high frame rates are required.
The principal advantages are:
• Resolution of 3360 x 2496 pixels
• Optimized for low light conditions
• Spectral range: monochrome standard; 350 - 920 nm
• Global shutter, correlated double sampling (CDS) in the pixel
• Micro lenses
• Color cameras: Bayer pattern filter and cut off filter @ 670nm
• CameraLink®base interface.
• Frame rates of the D-160 camera series: 17 fps (3360 x 2496 pixel, full frame)
• Opto isolated trigger input and opto isolated strobe output
• Up to 8 regions of interest (MROI)
• 2 look-up tables (12-to-8 bit) on user-defined image region (Region-LUT)
• Crosshairs overlay on the image
• Image information and camera settings inside the image (status line)
• Software provided for setting and storage of camera parameters
• The rugged housing at a compact size of 55 x 55 x 42 mm3makes the Photonfocus D3360
camera familiy the perfect solution for applications in which space is at a premium.
The general specification and features of the camera are listed in the following sections.
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4 Product Specification
4.2 Feature Overview
The general specification and features of the camera are listed in the following sections. The
detailed description of the camera features is given in Chapter 5.
Characteristics Photonfocus D3360 CameraLink®Series
Interface CameraLink®base configuration
Camera Control PFRemote (Windows GUI), programming library (PFLib) or ASCII
protocol
Configuration Interface CLSERIAL (9’600 baud up to 1.5Mbaud, user selectable)
Trigger Modes Interface Trigger / External opto isolated trigger input
Image pre-processing 2 look-up tables (12-to-8 bit) on user-defined image region
(Region-LUT)
Features
• Greyscale / color resolution 10 bit / 8 bit
• Region of Interest (ROI)
• Up to 8 regions of interest (MROI)
• Multiple Slope Mode
• Test pattern (LFSR and grey level ramp)
• Image information and camera settings inside the image
(status line)
• Crosshairs overlay on the image
• Bad Pixel Correction and Column FPN Correction to correct
image sensor defects
• Opto isolated trigger input and opto isolated strobe output
Table 4.1: Feature overview (see Chapter 5 for more information)
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Figure 4.1: Photonfocus D3360 CMOS camera series with C-mount lens.
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4 Product Specification
4.3 Available Camera Models
Please check the availability of a specific camera model on our website
www.photonfocus.com.
Name Resolution FPS Color Availability
MV1-D3360-160-CL-10 3360 x 2496 17 fps 1) no released
MV1-D3360C-160-CL-10 3360 x 2496 17 fps 1) yes on request
Table 4.2: Available Photonfocus D3360 camera models (Footnotes: 1)frame rate at at full resolution)
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4.4 Technical Specification
D-160
Sensor CMOSIS CMV8000
Technology CMOS active pixel
Scanning system progressive scan
Optical format / diagonal 4/3” (23.02 mm diagonal)
Resolution 3360 x 2496 pixels
Pixel size 5.5 µm x 5.5 µm
Active optical area 18.48 mm x 13.73 mm
Full well capacity ~10 ke−
Spectral range standard sensor < 350 to 920 nm (to 10 % of peak responsivity)
Spectral range of color models 380 to 660 nm (to 10 % of peak responsivity)
Conversion gain 0.077 LSB/e−
Sensitivity 5.56 V / lux.s (with micro lenses @ 550 nm)
Optical fill factor 42 % (without micro lenses)
Dark current 41.2 e−/s @ 25°C
Read out noise 8.6 e−
Dynamic range 61 dB
Micro lenses Yes
Color format (C) cameras RGB Bayer Raw Data Pattern
Characteristic curve Linear, Piecewise linear (multiple slope)
Shutter mode global shutter
Sensor bit depth 10 bit
Maximal Frame rate 17 fps 1)
Camera pixel formats 10 / 8 bit
Pixel clock frequency 80 MHz
CameraLink®taps 2
Digital Gain 0.1 to 15.99 (Fine Gain)
Exposure Time D-series 51 µs ... 419 ms / 25 ns step
Table 4.3: General specification of the 8 MPix models of the Photonfocus D3360 series (Footnotes: 1)D-
cameras at full resolution
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4 Product Specification
Photonfocus D3360 CameraLink®Series
Operating temperature / moisture 0°C ... 50°C / 20 ... 80 %
Storage temperature / moisture -25°C ... 60°C / 20 ... 95 %
Camera power supply +12 V DC (±10 %)
Trigger signal input range +5 .. +15 V DC
Maximal power consumption 4.2 W
Lens mount C-Mount, CS-Mount (optional)
Dimensions 55 x 55 x 42 mm3
Mass 230 g
Conformity RoHS, WEEE
Table 4.4: Physical characteristics and operating range
Fig. 4.2 shows the quantum efficiency curve of the monochrome CMV8000 sensor from CMOSIS
measured in the wavelength range from 400 nm to 1000 nm.
Figure 4.2: Spectral response of the CMV8000 CMOS monochrome image sensors (with micro lenses)
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