Optimization Of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Imager Performance For Astronomy

David H. Lumb; Gordon R. Hopkinson

doi:10.1117/12.933442

16 November 1982 Optimization Of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Imager Performance For Astronomy

David H. Lumb, Gordon R. Hopkinson

Proceedings Volume 0331, Instrumentation in Astronomy IV; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933442
Event: 1982 Astronomy Conferences, 1982, Tucson, United States

Abstract

The effect of readout noise from CCD output stages can be reduced by paying attention to the design of the external circuitry. Techniques are described, with particular reference to GEC devices, for the reduction of capacitance and improvement in the gain of the output stage. The characteristics of several correlated double sampling schemes are reviewed and values for the output noise are predicted.

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David H. Lumb and Gordon R. Hopkinson "Optimization Of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Imager Performance For Astronomy", Proc. SPIE 0331, Instrumentation in Astronomy IV, (16 November 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.933442

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