Development and investigation of the digital EBCCD camera with 1024X512 format frame-transfer EBCCD image tubes

The paper presents the description of the brand-new digital EBCCD (electron-bombarded CCD) camera based upon the 1024 X 512--format frame-transfer EBCCD image tube. The camera is intended for the low-light-level high-resolution imaging in pseudo real-time scale. The details of the digital camera design and manufacturing technology are presented and possible fields of the cameras applications as well as the next steps in the EBCCD tubes and high-sensitive cameras R&D mainstream are discussed.