OVERVIEW
The EB-CCD is an absolutely new high-sensitivity imaging device that employs the “Electron Bombardment (EB)” effect for image intensification. The EB-CCD basically consists of a photocathode and a CCD chip arranged in parallel in a vacuum tube. An optical image is converted at the photocathode into an electron image, which is then accelerated and directly bombards the CCD surface to produce electron multiplication. Even a low-light-level image can be brought into view with a high S/N ratio.

FEATURES
TV scan rate type
● Resolution              400 TV lines
● Gain                       700
● Detection limit *1    0.3 mlx

Slow scan type
● Resolution         450 TV lines
● Gain                  1300
● Detection limit   Detectable down to single photon region

APPLICATIONS
● High sensitivity video camera
   • Semiconductor wafer inspection
   • Real time fluorescence observation
   • Biochemical emission imaging
   • Biophoton imaging