CCD-world: 1x1K Chip

[Jean-Luc Gach]

The following was posted to CCD-world:

On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Peter Conroy wrote:

> The following was posted to CCD-world:
> 
> Tim 
> 
> Could this request find it's way to to CCD world.?
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> Dear CCD World.
> 
> We are seeeking to purchase a THINNED 1K x 1K x 15 micron pixel scientific
> CCD for use in a a fibre fed spectrograph. The chip is mounted at the focus
> a small Schmidt camera and needs to have the smallest posible package to
> avoid unacceptable vignetting of the camera beam. 
> 
> All of the current commercial 1K x 15 micron chips that I have data sheets
> for are 1x2K frame transfer (1x1K active) chips and this would deliver
> unacceptabe vignretting.  Is there a supplier out there or a group with
> suitable chips in stock that could fill this requirement ?
> 
> Regards
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> Peter Conroy - Senior Draftsman - Design Office
> Mt Stromlo Observatory -  Canberra Australia
> Private Bag  Weston Creek PO ACT 2611 Australia
> Email - conroy at mso.anu.edu.au
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> http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~conroy
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Why don't you de-center the 1kx2k chip so that the active area
(unmasked) is not in the vigneted section of the focal plane ??

best regards

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GACH Jean-Luc
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