Performance evaluation of a high-quality TDI-CCD color scanner

The camera design and performance evaluation of a high-quality TDI-CCD digital color scanner is described. The camera head design, which has been described elsewhere [1, 2], is briefly overviewed. Scanner characteristics such as dark current, temperature effects, white field uniformity, color filters and filter wheel mechanical design, resolution and MTF, and noise at low signal levels are described. A companion paper [3] describes some other characteristics of this scanner.