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24 September 2012 Modified modular imaging system designed for a sounding rocket experiment
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We present the design and system calibration results from the fabrication of a charge-coupled device (CCD) based imaging system designed using a modified modular imager cell (MIC) used in an ultraviolet sounding rocket mission. The heart of the imaging system is the MIC, which provides the video pre-amplifier circuitry and CCD clock level filtering. The MIC is designed with standard four-layer FR4 printed circuit board (PCB) with surface mount and through-hole components for ease of testing and lower fabrication cost. The imager is a 3.5k by 3.5k LBNL p-channel CCD with enhanced quantum efficiency response in the UV using delta-doping technology at JPL. The recently released PCIe/104 Small-Cam CCD controller from Astronomical Research Cameras, Inc (ARC) performs readout of the detector. The PCIe/104 Small-Cam system has the same capabilities as its larger PCI brethren, but in a smaller form factor, which makes it ideally suited for sub-orbital ballistic missions. The overall control is then accomplished using a PCIe/104 computer from RTD Embedded Technologies, Inc. The design, fabrication, and testing was done at the Laboratory for Astronomical and Space Instrumentation (LASI) at Arizona State University. Integration and flight calibration are to be completed at the University of Colorado Boulder before integration into CHESS.
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Todd J. Veach, Paul A. Scowen, Matthew Beasley, and Shouleh Nikzad "Modified modular imaging system designed for a sounding rocket experiment", Proc. SPIE 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, 84467F (24 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925592
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KEYWORDS
Charge-coupled devices

Rockets

Imaging systems

Sensors

Control systems

Video

Amplifiers

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