New Design Concepts For Compact CCD Controllers

J. D. Bregman; A. Doorduin

doi:10.1117/12.968138

13 October 1986 New Design Concepts For Compact CCD Controllers

J. D. Bregman, A. Doorduin

Proceedings Volume 0627, Instrumentation in Astronomy VI; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968138
Event: 1986 Astronomy Conferences, 1986, Tucson, United States

Abstract

For the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) to be erected at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands, the Netherlands Foundation for Radio Astronomy has developed a conceptual prototype integrated CCD controller in cooperation with the Royal Greenwich Observatory. It has been demonstrated that preamplifier noise limited system performance of 5 rWviliz. can be obtained with a compact low power controller that uses switched mode power supplies throughout. This performance has been realized by applying a differential preamplifier with balanced outputs between the CCD in the cryostat and the correlated double sampler in the controller, realizing over 100 dB common mode rejection. A complete system to drive two independent heads simultaneously each with either a large CCD or an array of four small chips can be realized into a small crate using single height long Eurocard modules and dissipate about 50 W.

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J. D. Bregman and A. Doorduin "New Design Concepts For Compact CCD Controllers", Proc. SPIE 0627, Instrumentation in Astronomy VI, (13 October 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968138

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