Overwhelmingly Large CCDs for Astronomical Applications
This presentation from the 2009 Detectors for Astronomy conference gives an overview of applications for which STA has developed CCDs.
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Category Archives: Applications
Update of the STA1600 10560 x 10560 high-resolution CCD
This is our presentation from the 2010 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation conference in San Diego.
Summary:
- Full 6” wafer imager
- 10560 x 10560 pixels
- 9 micron pixel
- 111,513,600 pixels per frame
- 16 dual stage high speed outputs
- Backside thinned available
- Acquisition speeds up to 1 frame/sec
- Designed for US Naval Observatory
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AST3 Cameras Status Update
This is our presentation from the 2010 Astronomy & Astrophysics in Antarctica conference in Xi’an, China. It includes and update of our current work on a CCD camera system for the AST3 telescopes, and a description of recently developed CCD devices of interest for the astronomical community.
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