3. THEORY OF OPERATION ....................Operation Principles of the CCD ............Mechanism of the CCD Electrical Charge Transmission ....The Interline-Transfer Organization of the CCD Image Sensors ....Instructions for Powering TMC-73M/TMC-63M ......4. ALIGNMENT AND ADJUSTMENT ................. Equipment .................. Preparation .................
Consult the specifications in "Comprehensive Specifications" for details on the blemishes of the NOTE: PULNiX color cameras contain a filter to mini- TMC-73M/TMC-63M. mize smear. Smear should only occur under extremely bright, and point light source conditions.
SECTION 2: COMPREHENSIVE SPECIFICATIONS Model TMC-73M (NTSC) TMC-63M (PAL) Imager 1/3" interline transfer CCD (4.8 x 3.6 mm) Pixel 768(H) x 494(V) 752(H) x 582(V) Cell size 6.35µm(H) x 7.4µm(V) 6.5µm(H) x 6.25µm(V) Color filter Cy, Ye, Mg, G complementary color filter...
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3.2 MECHANISM OF CCD ELECTRICAL CHARGE TRANSMISSION The TMC-73M uses a 4-phase drive method CCD. For simplicity, a 2-phase drive method CCD is explained ø2 below. ø1 N- N Figure 1 shows an example of the changes which can P - sub occur in potential wells in successive time intervals.
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Warning cal transmission section to the horizontal shift registers successively and finally reach the output amplifier to The TMC-73M must use either the 12P Series or C-10 be read out successively. cable. When applying power to the camera, make sure that none of the exposed leads on the multiple conductor cable are touching.
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12P-15 15 meters 12P-25 25 meters The TMC-73M has auto iris output pads located on the 12P-X Custom length PWB1. optional output from special connector may be 12P-02 8-conductor cable for RGB obtained from PULNIX.
SECTION 4 : ALIGNMENT AND ADJUSTMENT 4.1 EQUIPMENT 1. Light source for test chart. Pattern Box PTB-100 (90-130V) PTB-220 (190-240V) 2. For video level and gamma adjustment. Grayscale Chart White Window Chart 3. For color adjustment. MG R (Use color bar chart) Color Bar Chart 4.
VR306 VR308 VR307 VR304 VR303 VR305 W201 Back Focus W205 2 Feet W202 W203 TP201 W204 12V IN 4.3 TMC-73M ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES PWB2 4.3.1 PRESET TP101 TP102 Y OUT Preset each potentiometer as follows: CHROMA W101 W104 PWB1 W102 VR101 Y level = 2.5 V...
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Continuous shutter By applying a negative going TTL pulse to pin #6 TRIG input, the TMC-73M can operate with continuous shutter speed change. The input pulse must move within a field timing and the shutter speed is between the pulse edge 4.3.6 WHITE BALANCE...
12V DC input via a terminal for power. 6.2 SPECTRAL RESPONSE WITH COMPLE- MENTARY MOSAIC FILTER To Camera GND +12V (Connect 12P-02MF here) CCA-7 Sync Video Wavelength (nm) Note: RGB option is only available when TMC-73M is modified for use with CCA-7. Contact PULNiX for further assistance.
SECTION 7: TIMING CHART FOR TMC-73M/TMC-63M 6.7µSec CCE photo sensors allocation Optical H register 69.8nSec black period Image sensing period stop period Dummy Optical H register black period CCD output signal Effective picture period H BLK 10.7µSec Composite video output 1.54µSec...
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SECTION 8: SERIAL DATA INPUT FORMAT D/A OUTPUT ADDRESS DATA (5/256) X 1 = 0.02 V (5/256) X 2 = 0.04 V (5/256) X 3 = 0.06 V (5/256) x 255 = 4.98 v (5/256) x 256 = 5.00 v ADDRESS Do not care A01 = Manual gain control...
SECTION 9: MECHANICAL DRAWINGS 9.1 STANDARD CONFIGURATIONS 70mm AUTO POWER VIDEO PULNiX 37mm 42.65 82mm 40mm 9.2 OEM INTERNAL ASSEMBLY (Flex-Rigid board structure) 38 D 30 D...
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The material contained in this manual consists of information that is proprietary to PULNiX America, Inc., and may only be used by the purchasers of this product. PULNiX America, Inc. makes no warranty for the use of its products and assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
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