The future scientific CCDSince the first introduction of charge-coupled devices (CCDs) in 1970, CCDs have been considered for applications related to memories, logic circuits, and the detection of visible radiation. It is pointed out, however, that the mass market orientation of CCD development has left largely untapped the enormous potential of these devices for advanced scientific instrumentation. The present paper has, therefore, the objective to introduce the CCD characteristics to the scientific community, taking into account prospects for further improvement. Attention is given to evaluation criteria, a summary of current CCDs, CCD performance characteristics, absolute calibration tools, quantum efficiency, aspects of charge collection, charge transfer efficiency, read noise, and predictions regarding the characteristics of the next generation of silicon scientific CCD imagers.
Document ID
19860030579
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Janesick, J. R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Elliott, T. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Collins, S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Marsh, H. (California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Blouke, M. M. (Tektronix, Inc. Beaverton, OR, United States)