Pulse Instruments

Pulse Instruments is a leading manufacturer of systems and equipment for characterization and production test of CMOS, CCD and IR image sensors, including science-grade devices. Science teams have used Pulse Instruments systems to extract maximum performance from several HST CCDs, including the chip in the most recently installed Advanced Camera System that is providing 10x the performance of its predecessor.

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  • Multi-Channel Data Acquisition System

    PI-3105 - Pulse Instruments

    This highly flexible system is designed to test a wide variety of imaging devices, from low-noise astronomy and medical devices, to military and machine-vision devices with GB/sec data rates.

  • Clock Drivers

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    Multiple timing signals ("clocks") are required by CCDs, IR FPAs, and some CMOS image sensors to transport electrical charge across the array to a sense amplifier for conversion into image data. Pulse Instruments offers a line of "clock drivers" for generating these timing signals. The parameters of these clocks (clock rate, pulse width, pulse amplitude, rise- and fall-times, etc.) greatly influence the behavior and performance of the imaging device. Our products take logic-level inputs from a pattern generator and allow the user to adjust the output parameters to suit their device and testing requirements. Clocks can be "tweaked" in real-time to determine optimal operating parameters for a particular device, or else programmed in accordance with a test plan for automated production test.

  • Low-Noise DC Bias

    Pulse Instruments

    Imaging devices, such as CCDs, IR FPAs, and CMOS image sensors, require DC bias with very low electrical noise to prevent contamination of the image. Image quality can also be enhanced by carefully tuning each bias voltage to extract the maximum signal/noise ratio out of an array. Pulse Instruments has decades of experience providing DC bias supplies with the flexibility required tocharacterize and test a variety of devices while maintaining the noise immunity required for satellite and astronomy applications.

  • Pattern Generator

    PI-2005 - Pulse Instruments

    As a test engineer or digital designer you must have state-of-the-art tools to test, characterize and verify your complex semiconductor devices and digital circuit boards. The PI-2005 Pattern Generator will generate a wide range of simple or complex digital patterns for any test application that requires a serial or parallel digital data stream. To meet the requirements of complex devices and digital circuits, the pattern generator can be configured from 16 to 64 output channels.

  • Data Acquisition

    Pulse Instruments

    For devices with analog outputs, we are now shipping our new multi-channel data acquisition system. This high-speed, low-noise solution is highly modular, so you can test scientific CCDs and high-speed machine-vision CMOS sensors with the same basic system. Swappable pre-amps and A/D converter modules enable you to reconfigure your test system to fit your needs.

  • SystemSolutions

    Pulse Instruments

    Whether your application is characterizing a massive mosaic of CCDs for the next great observatory, designing a faster FLIR for a weapons-guidance system, or production-testing a CMOS image sensor for a digital camera, Pulse Instruments can supply you with a fully-integrated test system that allows you to focus on your yourdevice, not on your test system.

  • GPIB Interface Card

    PI-31000 - Pulse Instruments

    The Pulse Instruments PI-31000 IEEE Interface Card is a standard GPIB Interface card offered by National Instruments. This interface card is used in applications where the PI-2005 Pattern Generator or other instruments are controlled from a remote system CPU, or it can be used as the system controller when the CompactPCI CPU is the system computer.

  • Mainframes

    Pulse Instruments

    Our CompactPCI series mainframes are industry-standard, open-architecture chassis with enhancements to support Pulse Instruments' clock driver and DC bias cards. The enhancements are transparent to the CompactPCI specification, and 3rd-party cards CompactPCI/PXI cards can be used in our mainframes without hardware or software modification*.

  • Software

    Pulse Instruments

    Test and Control Software is also available for several of our products. All of our software is designed by Pulse Instruments for optimum flexibility and control. Please fill out the following form to request an evaluation copy.

  • Characterization System

    System 7700 - Pulse Instruments

    Whether your application is characterizing a massive mosaic of CCDs for the next great observatory, designing a faster FLIR for a weapons-guidance system, or production-testing a CMOS image sensor for a digital camera, Pulse Instruments can supply you with a fully-integrated test system that allows you to focus on your your device, not on your test system.

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