Handbook for the SX-46 Full Frame camera Issue 2, 22
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March 2018
Trius SX-46
CCD camera user manual
General description:
The SX-46 is the first in a new range of ‘Full Frame’ CCD cameras from Starlight Xpress. This camera
is based on the ON Semiconductors KAF 16200 CCD, which has 16.5 million 6uM square pixels in a
4540 x 3640 APS-H format. Full Frame sensors require a mechanical shutter to obstruct light during
readout, so an important component of this camera is a unique ‘roller blind’ shutter, which is stepper
motor driven and provides perfectly uniform exposures across the entire CCD surface. Other important
design features include high performance 3 stage cooling, a CCD ‘flood’ facility to eliminate RBI im-
