edge family overview

pioneer in sCMOS image sensor technology

the most versatile sCMOS camera portfolio on the market

cooled sCMOS cameras

edge family overview

corporate profile What does PCO stand for?“PCO” stands for what we are: a Pioneer in Cameras and Optoelectronics with over 30 years of experience developing high-end camera systems. We have forged ahead to becoming a leading innovator in digital imaging. Our cameras see use in scientific and industrial applications, e. g. life and physical science, high-speed and industrial research.

Why sCMOS technology?We are one of the three inventors of the sCMOS sensor technology. Before introducing sCMOS to the market, scientific applications had to compromise between CMOS sensors for high frame rates or CCD sensors for high image quality. sCMOS on the other hand provides you with the highest resolution, dynamic range, quantum efficiency and frame rates with the lowest readout noise.

See for yourself, we have the most versatile sCMOS camera portfolio on the market! Take advantage of its desirable characteristics combined with special microscopy readout modes in a lightweight and compact camera body.

Let decades of our research and development in camera technology benefit your application!

To be geographically closer to you is essential to us. Our company has grown continuously to better serve you. To that end, you will find PCO subsidiaries in the USA, Canada, Singapore and China along with the headquarters in Ger-many. Since our inception in 1987 we have continued to improve our position as a global supplier. Your input is important to us and has a direct path back to our development and support teams, enabling constant advancements of hardware and software.

“If you want to do something special, particularly in the high-end fields, you have to develop your own image sensors. So we work with partner companies who develop tailored sensors made especially for us. This is something we are doing continuously, so we’re already working on the next generation of cameras that we will introduce in the coming years” – Dr. Emil Ott, founder of PCO.

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back illuminatedsensor technology

third party integrations

• 95 % peak quantum efficiency and more than 80 % quantum efficiency for the visible wavelength range

• No micro lenses eliminates sensitivity to angular limitation and provides a 100 % photosensitive area

• 6.5 µm pixel size is ideal for spatial sampling in microscopy applications

- the most versatile sCMOS camera portfolio on the marketpco.edge family

sCMOS pco.edge 4.2 bi pco.edge 4.2 pco.edge 4.2 pco.edge 4.2 LT pco.edge 5.5 pco.edge 5.5 pco.edge 3.1

interface USB 3.1Camera Link HS

Camera Link USB 3.0

Camera Link HS

Camera Link USB 3.0

resolution 2048 x 2048 2048 x 2048 2560 x 2160 2048 x 1536

pixel size 6.5 µm x 6.5 µm 6.5 µm x 6.5 µm 6.5 µm x 6.5 µm

max. frame rate @ full resolution 40 fps 100 fps 40 fps 100 fps 30 fps 50 fps

1280 x 1024 83 fps 200 fps 80 fps 211 fps 63 fps 77 fps

lowest readout noise (med) 1.8 e- 0.8 e- 1.0 e- 0.8 e- 1.0 e- 1.1 e- 1.0 e- 1.1 e-

peak quantum efficiency up to 95 % up to 82 % more than 60 %

dynamic range 30 000 : 1 37 500 : 1 33 000 : 1 37 500 : 1 30 000 : 1 27 000 : 1 30 000 : 1 27 000 : 1

lightsheetscanning mode available available

exposure timerolling shutter 10 µs - 20 s 100 µs - 10 s 100 µs - 20 s 100 µs - 10 s 500 µs - 2 s

exposure timeglobal reset 30 µs - 2 s 10 µs - 2 s 30 µs - 2 s

exposure timeglobal shutter 10 µs - 100 ms 20 µs - 100 ms

lowestdark current (typ.)

0.2 e-/pixel/s1

0.6 e-/pixel/s

0.5 e-/pixel/s

0.3 e-/pixel/s

0.8e-/pixel/s

0.6e-/pixel/s

0.5e-/pixel/s

0.5e-/pixel/s

sensor cooling performance

adjustabledown to -25°C

air & water

fixed + 7 °C

air / water

fixed + 5 °C

air / water

fixed 0 °C

air & water

fixed + 10 °C

air

fixed + 7 °C

air / water

fixed + 5 °C

air / water

fixed + 5 °C

air & water

fixed + 5 °C

air

housing

pco.edgesCMOS

pco.edge 4.2 bi monochrome

pco.edge 4.2 monochrome

quantum efficiency

pco.edge 5.5 / 3.1 monochrome

pco.edge 5.5 / 3.1 color

quantum efficiency

up to 95 %

1@ -25 °C sensor temperature

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europePCO AGDonaupark 1193309 Kelheim, Germany

+49 9441 2005 [email protected]

americaPCO-TECH Inc.6930 Metroplex DriveRomulus, Michigan 48174, USA

+1 248 276 [email protected]

asiaPCO Imaging Asia Pte.3 Temasek AveCentennial Tower, Level 34Singapore, 039190

+65 6549 [email protected]

chinaSuzhou PCO Imaging Technology Co., Ltd. Suzhou (Jiangsu), P. R. China

+86 512 [email protected]

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