Handbook for the SX-56 Full Frame camera Issue 1, 25
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October 2017
Trius SX-56
CCD camera user manual
General description:
The SX-56 is the first in a new range of ‘Full Frame’ CCD cameras from Starlight Xpress. This camera
is based on the ON Semiconductors KAF 16803 CCD, which has 16.5 million 9uM square pixels in a
4096 x 4096, 37mm square 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
