Andor’s iKon-XL is a thermoelectrically (TE) cooled, very large area CCD camera platform. It has superior field of view sensors that are perfect for prolonged exposure astronomy applications. The ultra sensitive iKon-XL uses the patent-pending ColdSpace™ technology to cool a 16.8 MP sensor down to -100°C, avoiding the need for unreliable cryo coolers or liquid nitrogen. It also uses Extended Dynamic Range technology, which helps to obtain the maximum well depth and lowest noise within a single scan, accompanied by up to 18-bit digitization capability.
iKon-XL 230
The iKon-XL 230 model is suitable for astronomy or X-ray/neutron radiography applications as it utilizes the e2v CCD230-84 back-illuminated sensor, which provides an extremely large 61.4 x 61.4 mm imaging area from a 4096 x 4112 array format and 15 µm pixel size.
iKon-XL 231
The iKon-XL 231 model contains the e2v CCD231-84 ‘astro’ back-illuminated sensor, which provides a large 61.4 x 61.4 mm imaging area from a 4096 x 4112 array format and 15 µm pixel size. This model comes with a variety of sensor QE coatings, in both deep and standard depletion formats.
The model delivers superior CCD performance, with a very large well depth of 350,000 e- and very low read noise of 2.1 e-. Thanks to the unique Extended Dynamic Range technology of the iKon-XL, even non-binned images need 18-bit digitization to avoid under-sampling of the resulting extraordinary dynamic range.
| Model |
Active Pixels |
Cooling |
Pixel Size |
Frame Rate |
Read Noise |
| iKon-XL 231 |
4096 x 4112 |
-100 |
15 x 15 |
<1 |
2.1 |
| iKon-XL 230 |
4096 x 4112 |
-100 |
15 x 15 |
<1 |
4.5 |
| iKon-L 936 |
2048 x 2048 |
-100 |
13.5 x 13.5 |
0.95 |
2.9 |
| iKon-M 934 |
1024 x 1024 |
-100 |
13 x 13 |
4.4 |
2.9 |
| iKon-M 912 |
512 x 512 |
-100 |
24 x 24 |
14.4 |
3 |
| PV Inspector |
1024 x 1024 |
-100 |
13 x 13 |
4.4 |
9 |
Key Features
The main features of the iKon-XL series include:
- TE cooling to -100°C
- Up to 16.8 MP
- Vacuum design
- Up to 95% QE
- Up to 18-bit
- PV Inspector
- Direct interface versatility
- Up to 5 MHz pixel readout