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Large Area Sensor
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36.9mm x 36.9mm
4K x 4K

QHY4040 uses the GSENSE4040 sensor, it has a 36.9mm x 36.9mm square sensor with 9.0um pixels in a 4k x 4k array and supports 20FPS full resolution live video. It has 36.9*36.9mm big image area. 1.57 times larger than full-frame format. With higher image quality and fast readout speed, it is an idea alternative for the KAF09000 and KAF16803 based camera.

Zero Amplifier Glow
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Low Read Noise
4e-

Unlike the high readout noise of CCD sensor under high readout speed, even on ten frame per second, it has only 4e- read noise(at gain32) . It has a peak QE of 74% at 600nm. And the QHY4040 has zero amplifier glow feature.

USB3.0 High Speed Interface
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Multiple Pixel Clock
20FPS at Full Resuolution

The QHY4040 has a USB3.0 high-speed interface with up to 5GB of bandwidth. The camera achieves 1:1 video output at 20 frames per second (8-bit) with 4096 x 4096 resolution or 8FPS in low noise 12-bit mode. As different clock rates affect read noise performance, the QHY4040 supports five readout clocks and 8FPS, 12FPS, 16FPS, 18FPS and 20FPS frame rates.

Low Dark Current
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-35C Below Ambient
0.05e/pixel/sec @ -15C

The QHY4040 has 2-stage TE Cooling that reduces the sensor temperature to -35 °C below ambient. TE cooling significantly reduces dark current and produces cleaner, lower noise images over long exposures.

Front Illuminated
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74% QE
Electric Rolling Shutter

Currently, the QHY4040 is only available in a front illuminated version. A back-illuminated version of this sensor is rumored to be available in the year of 2020. QHY4040 has a rolling electric shutter. In general, the fan-blade mechanical shutter will be broken if it is used 200,000 times or so, and in some specific cases it is easy to fail to switch on or off. The advantage of electronic shutter over mechanical shutter is high reliability and stability when the observatory shoots a large number of pictures. The electronic shutter is a relatively perfect choice for the observatory.

Astronomical Imaging

The QHY4040 has an ultra-high dynamic range of 86dB and an extremely low readout noise of 4e-. This makes the camera exceptional for astronomical imaging, medical imaging, life sciences, fluorescence detection, trace sciences.

Biological Imaging

36.9mm x 36.9mm sensor High Resolution High Quality Image Output

Dynamic DR

For dynamic medical x-ray DR imaging the QHY4040 sensor size matches most industry-standard DR lenses and the high frame rate and low readout noise performance is ideal for X-ray imaging.

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