Innovations in imaging technology at Teledyne e2v to support future visible, NIR, UV, and x-ray applications

Teledyne e2v is continuing to invest in CCD and CMOS sensors innovation for ground and space-based astronomy applications. The new upgraded 8 inch process is enabling back-thinning of wafer-scale large area CMOS detectors such as the CIS300 product family. New world class broadband anti-reflecting coatings using novel technology enable high stable QE performance at VUV and UV wavelengths. Teledyne e2v has also developed a solution to increase drastically QE in near-infrared without losing on MTF nor centroiding. Building on the recent successful launch and first images of Euclid, latest information on large area CCDs from Plato, JPAS and Flyeye are provided, including details on Plato flight level focal plane assembly at Teledyne e2v. Details for CMOS imagers and their measured performance are described with a focus on noise performance, high QE in ultra-violet and near-infrared and low temperature testing. The CIS300 is a large area 9k x 8.6k 10 micron pixel pitch detector featuring high speed, high dynamic range and ultra-low noise technology enabling sub electron performance. The CIS220 is a HiRho version of CIS120 (selected for ESA's CO2M Copernicus mission) with a significant improvement in QE and MTF in Near-Infra-Red with a QE of 60% at 950nm and an MTF of 0.55. Ultraviolet response below 200nm from CIS120 detectors is also reported. In a last part the benefits of this combination of large format imagers and wide range of wavelength sensitivity is discussed.