TEK2 Parameters




Device Identification

Chip name                            Tek2

Year of manufacture           1993

Serial number                      1396CR02-01

First light on La Palma        November 1993

Description                          Thinned AR coated

Operational Characteristics

Binning - NB when binning the readout speed will always be TURBO regardless of the readout speed selected.

Vertical CTE                                         0.99999

Horizontal CTE                                     0.99999

Physical Characteristics

Pixel Scale (ISIS red)                           0.36 arcsec/pixel

Field of view (?)                                    ?

X Pixel size                                            24 microns

Y Pixel size                                            24 microns

X size in pixels of digitised area     1124

Y size in pixels of digitised area     1124

X size of useful imaging area              1024

Y size of useful imaging area         1024

X start of useful imaging area        50

Ystart of useful imaging area         0

LN2 capacity of cryostat                2.5 litres

Cryostat window thickness             4 mm

Distance from window to CCD       11.5 mm measured optical path length

Cryostat window size                      40 mm x 40 mm

Operational Parameters

Flooding type                                 none

Operating temperature                 173k

Preferred amplifier                         A

Network name                               CCD6

Anti-blooming available                no

Measured characteristics

Dark current                           6 e/hour



This page last updated :8th November 1999
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