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6A203 Category 6A

High-speed cameras, imaging devices and “components” therefor, other than those controlled by 6A003 (see List of Items Controlled).

Category 6: Sensors and Lasers

Reasons for control

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ControlColumn
AT applies to entire entryAT 1
NP applies to entire entryNP 1

Items

  1. a. Streak cameras and “specially designed” components therefor, as follows:
  2. a.1. Streak cameras with writing speeds greater than 0.5 mm/µs;
  3. a.2. Electronic streak cameras capable of 50 ns or less time resolution;
  4. a.3. Streak tubes for cameras described in 6A203.a.2;
  5. a.4. Plug-ins, “specially designed” for use with streak cameras having modular structures, that enable the performance characteristics described in 6A203.a.1 or .a.2;
  6. a.5. Synchronizing electronics units, and rotor assemblies consisting of turbines, mirrors and bearings, that are “specially designed” for cameras described in 6A203.a.1.
  7. b. Framing cameras and “specially designed” components therefor, as follows:
  8. b.1. Framing cameras with recording rates greater than 225,000 frames per second;
  9. b.2. Framing cameras capable of 50 ns or less frame exposure time;
  10. b.3. Framing tubes, and solid-state imaging devices, that have a fast image gating (shutter) time of 50 ns or less and are “specially designed” for cameras described in 6A203.b.1 or .b.2;
  11. b.4. Plug-ins, “specially designed” for use with framing cameras having modular structures, that enable the performance characteristics described in 6A203.b.1 or .b.2;
  12. b.5. Synchronizing electronic units, and rotor assemblies consisting of turbines, mirrors and bearings, that are “specially designed” for cameras described in 6A203.b.1 or .b.2.
  13. c. Solid-state or electron tube cameras and “specially designed” components therefor, as follows:
  14. c.1. Solid-state cameras, or electron tube cameras, with a fast image gating (shutter) time of 50 ns or less;
  15. c.2. Solid-state imaging devices, and image intensifiers tubes, that have a fast image gating (shutter) time of 50 ns or less and are “specially designed” for cameras described in 6A203.c.1;
  16. c.3. Electro-optical shuttering devices (Kerr or Pockels cells) with a fast image gating (shutter) time of 50 ns or less;
  17. c.4. Plug-ins, “specially designed” for use with cameras having modular structures, that enable the performance characteristics described in 6A203.c.1.
  18. d. Radiation-hardened TV cameras, or lenses therefor, “specially designed” or rated as radiation hardened to withstand a total radiation dose greater than 5 × 10 4 Gy (silicon) without operational degradation.

Related controls

(1) See ECCNs 6E001 (“development”), 6E002 (“production”), and 6E201 (“use”) for technology for items controlled under this entry. (2) Also see ECCN 6A003.a.3 and a.4. (3) The act of incorporating a radiation hardened integrated circuit into a TV camera designated as EAR99 does not, in and of itself, cause the TV camera to meet the parameters of ECCN paragraph 6A203.d.

Notes

Technical Note: High speed single frame cameras can be used alone to produce a single image of a dynamic event, or several such cameras can be combined in a sequentially-triggered system to produce multiple images of an event.

Technical Note: The term Gy (silicon) refers to the energy in Joules per kilogram absorbed by an unshielded silicon sample when exposed to ionizing radiation.

Source: eCFR, version 2026-08-01, retrieved 2026-08-20T04:04:59+00:00.