“Super HAD CCD II” Achieves Significant Performance Increases for Security Camera Applications

The number of cases in which crime scene security camera videos lead to the arrest of the perpetrator is increasing. In our changing social environment in which crime is increasing, the demand for security cameras has been growing rapidly.
Security cameras are used 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in a wide range of environments.
As a result, the performance and reliability of these cameras has come to be seen as extremely important, especially the light resistance characteristics, which allow their use in environments in which the cameras are subject to long periods of intensely bright ambient light.

Furthermore, security cameras also need to clearly image events that occur in places so dark that it is hard to see with the naked eye.
Thus sensitivity in low ambient light conditions is seen as the most important characteristic for security cameras.
Sony CCDs have maintained an industry-leading share in security camera applications, and the Sony “Super HAD CCD”, which boasts high sensitivity, is well-known in the industry and widely used in security camera applications.
Sony has now improved the sensitivity of the existing Sony security camera “Super HAD CCD” and developed the new “Super HAD CCD II”. This article introduces the features of the “Super HAD CCD II” device.