PLUTO HSS CCD

[Tim Abbott]

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Hi Michael,

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		Tim Abbott
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Michael Hoffberg writes:
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> What sort of data acquisition system has been designed to capture the data from
> this CCD?
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> At 100 ns / pixel with 4 outputs, you are generating pixels at a rate of about
> 40 Mpixels/second.  I assume that the data is digitized from 12 to 16 bits,
> which means that the data rate is 80 Mbytes/second.
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> MIKE
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> Four your information . . . 
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> Find below specfications for a new High Speed Scientific 1024(H) x 2048 (V)
> CCD that Pixel Vision and SITe has recently developed on Sandbox (current
> performance given). The primary focus has been to achieve 30 frames/sec split
> frame transfer operation in conjunction with backside illumination (1
> micro-sec line transfer time is the goal). This work will be discussed in an
> upcoming San Jose SPIE paper. Improvements on performance parameters will
> come from future Sandbox runs (e.g., anti-blooming, reducing clock levels,
> MPP, improved MTF and noise). The Pluto CCD has been recently coated by Mike
> Lessor for QE improvement. 
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> I'm curious. . . are astronomers yet observing vertical speed problems (ie.
> full well reduction) for backside devices? This is a new area of development
> as thinned devices are clocked at faster rates.
> 
> Jim Janesick
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>                              PLUTO - 12 HSS CCD SPECIFICATIONS (NOV 1997)
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-- 
Timothy M. C. Abbott, Ph.D.               http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/~tmca/
Resident Astronomer                                    tmca at cfht.hawaii.edu
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope                         Tel: +1 808 885 7944
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