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  • E2V (formerly Marconi/EEV) 47-20 chips
  • grade 0 devices
  • 1024x1024 image pixels (5'x5' on WHT)
  • frame transfer (1024x1024 masked pixels)
  • 13 µm pixels (0.3" on WHT)
  • back-thinned and AR coated
  • <0.1 e-/pixel/s dark current (Peltier-cooled AIMO)
  • 3.5 e- readout noise (at 10 µs/pixel/channel)