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Falcon2 4M, 8M, and 12M Camera User's Manual
03-032-20107-03
Teledyne DALSA
Light p ixel d efect: Pixel w hose signal, at nom inal light (illu m ination at 50 % of the linear range),
d eviates m ore than ±30 % from its neighbou ring p ixels.
Clu ster d efect: A grou p ing of at m ost 2 to 5 p ixel d efects w ithin a su b-area of 3*3 p ixels.
Glass Sp ot d efect: A grou p ing of 9 p ixel d efects w ithin a su b -area of 3*3 p ixels.
Colu m n d efect: A colu m n that has m ore than 8 d efect p ixels in a 1*12 kernel.
Row d efect: A row that has m ore than 8 d efects in a 12*1 kernel.
Test cond itions Tem p eratu re: 40 °C.
Integration Tim e: 12 m s.
Sensor Block Diagram and Pixel Readout
Figure 4: 8 Tap Camera Link Configuration Sensor Block Diagram. 8M Color Camera at Aspect Ratio 4 : 3.
N otes:
As view ed looking at the front of the cam era
w ithout a lens
. (The Teled yne DALSA logo on the
sid e of the case w ill be right-sid e u p .)
The m onochrom e cam era u ses the sam e layou t, bu t w ithou t the color filters.
The color cam era m od el has a Bayer filter ap p lied to the CMOS sensor to allow for color
sep aration. Each ind ivid u al p ixel is covered by either a red , green, or blu e filter as show n i n the
figu re above. The cam era ou tp u ts raw color d ata —no color interp olation is p erform ed . Fu ll RGB
im ages can be obtained by p erform ing color interp olation on the fram e grabber or host PC. For
reference the green p ixels horizontally ad jacent to the red p ixels w ill be referred to as Green -Red
p ixels w hile Green -Blu e w ill referred to the Green p ixels next to the blu e p ixels
