Characterization of custom-designed charge-coupled devices for applications to gas and aerosols monitoring sensorcraft instrument

Tamer F. Refaat; M. Nurul Abedin; Glenn R. Farnsworth; Christopher S. Garcia; Joseph M. Zawodny

doi:10.1117/12.603529

19 May 2005 Characterization of custom-designed charge-coupled devices for applications to gas and aerosols monitoring sensorcraft instrument

Tamer F. Refaat, M. Nurul Abedin, Glenn R. Farnsworth, Christopher S. Garcia, Joseph M. Zawodny

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Proceedings Volume 5798, Spaceborne Sensors II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603529
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Custom-designed charge-coupled devices (CCD) for Gas and Aerosols Monitoring Sensorcraft instrument were developed. These custom-designed CCD devices are linear arrays with pixel format of 512x1 elements and pixel size of 10x200 μm². These devices were characterized at NASA Langley Research Center to achieve a full well capacity as high as 6,000,000 e^-. This met the aircraft flight mission requirements in terms of signal-to-noise performance and maximum dynamic range. Characterization and analysis of the electrical and optical properties of the CCDs were carried out at room temperature. This includes measurements of photon transfer curves, gain coefficient histograms, read noise, and spectral response. Test results obtained on these devices successfully demonstrated the objectives of the aircraft flight mission. In this paper, we describe the characterization results and also discuss their applications to future mission.

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Tamer F. Refaat, M. Nurul Abedin, Glenn R. Farnsworth, Christopher S. Garcia, and Joseph M. Zawodny "Characterization of custom-designed charge-coupled devices for applications to gas and aerosols monitoring sensorcraft instrument", Proc. SPIE 5798, Spaceborne Sensors II, (19 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.603529

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