Overview
The image area has four separately connected sections to allow full-frame, frame-transfer, split full-frame or split frame-transfer modes. Depending on the mode, the read out can be through 1, 2 or 4 of the output circuits. A gate-controlled drain is also provided adjacent to each of the registers to allow fast dumping of unwanted data.
The output amplifier is designed to give very low noise at read-out rates of up to 3 MHz. The low output impedance simplifies the interface with external electronics and the optional dummy outputs are provided to facilitate rejection of common parasitic feed-through.
A similar version (CCD230-84) is also available with higher charge handling capacity and higher speed (up to 5 MHz), but with slightly increased noise. These devices are inverted-mode operation.
