Visible and UV CCD detectors

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Visible and UV CCD detectors
Università degli studi di FirenzeDip. di
Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio
Luca Gori
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Summary
XUVLab CCD-CMOS electronics software for
ground- and space-based applications

• Innovative features of our detectors
• Software characteristics
• CCD camera / computer interfaces
• Current application HERSCHEL sub-orbital mission

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Innovative features

• Our philosophy
• Versatility 1 camera ? n applications
• Customizable
• High modularity, upgradeable
• TCP/IP based remote testing, programming,
  diagnostics, and image acquisition
• High performance (low noise, high dynamic range,
  slow scan or high frame rate)
• Great care in the customer support
• Additional outputs to manage auxiliary devices
• Compact and low power instrument, portable
  version with air- or fluid-cooled, Peltier
  available

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Main features

• Support of CCD formats up to 40964096 pixel
• Low noise proxy electronics (1.8 nV/vHz rms)
• Minimum cooling temperature -75C (Peltier)
• PT100 temperature sensor in the cold finger
• Air- or fluid-cooled Peltier with closed-cycle
  fluid circulation available
• Quartz window, windowless or C-type objective
• High vacuum compatible (10-7 mbar)
• Tunable pixel rate up to 10 Mpixel/s
• 9 clocks (-13V to 18V), 10 bias (-3V to 33V)
  available to allow easy interface with any CCD
• Dynamic range 16 bit _at_ 2 Msample/s
• Wavelength range NIR, VIS, UV, soft-X ray, X-ray

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Software interface
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Software interface
Software interface LabVIEW6i based proprietary
interface

• Easy and user-friendly interface
• Quick setting of all configuration parameters
  (CCD format, clock timing, exposure time, pixel
  rate,...)
• Images display, processing and storage
• Automatic and continuous acquisition procedures
  with varying pixel rate and exposure time
• Remote control (TCP/IP protocol)
• Continuously SW tunable pixel rate
• Exposure time Normal 1 ms to 17 min (1 ms
  step) Astronomy 1 s to hours (1 s step)
• Programmable pixel binning
• OS platform Windows, Unix, Linux, MacOS
• CCD Timing Software selectable up to 4 parallel
  and serial clocks

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CCD camera / computer interface
Available configurations

• PCI data acquisition board SCSI cable
• SpaceWire protocol

Configurations under study
Fast serial protocols (USB 2.0,
FireWire) Wireless communication
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HERSCHEL (SCORE) suborbital mission
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HERSCHEL (SCORE) suborbital mission