What is a CDD Camera? - FreLon vs Pilatus Detectors

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A CCD camera, such as the FreLon detector, differs significantly from a semiconductor detector like the Pilatus detector. Both are semiconductor-based, generating electron-hole pairs to produce signals, but they utilize different architectures for signal measurement. In CCD cameras, charge packets from each pixel are sent to a common output structure for conversion to voltage, whereas in CMOS sensors, this conversion occurs at each individual pixel. This fundamental difference impacts their performance and application in imaging technologies.

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Hey

I was wondering, is a CDD camera(e.g. FreLon detector) the same as an ordinary semiconductor detector (e.g. Pilatus detector). I have searched a little on the CDD camera, and for me it seems like the same thing. Wave Energy -> electron hole pairs -> signal.

Or have it something to do, with the way the signal is measured?
 
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You probably mean a CCD camera with a CCD type of sensor in contrast with CMOS censors?

There is quite a bit of difference
 
Okay. As i understand it they are both semiconductor detectors, where the number of generated electron hole pairs says something about the signal.

I think i got some of it. In a CMOS the charge-to-voltage conversion takes place in each pixel. In a CCD each pixel’s charge packet is send to a common output structure, which converts the charge to a voltage.

Is this right?
 
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