MOSAICThe Mosaicked Optical Self-scanned Array Imaging Camera (MOSAIC), is a 50 sq cm active area detector system encompassing 5.76 million picture elements. This camera is being developed for use in astronomical instrumentation requiring the use of large area imaging detectors with high resolution photon counting capability in the space ultraviolet. This paper gives a descriptive outline of the MOSAIC camera system including: the 100 mm diameter microchannel plate intensifier, the 3 x 3 array of 800 x 800 pixel charge coupled devices, the signal processing and buffer storage subsystem, the electronic support and control subsystem, and the data processing subsystem. Performance characteristics of the camera and its subsystems are presented, based on system analysis.
Document ID
19850043242
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Williams, J. T. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Weistrop, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, Greenbelt, MD, United States)