TEK3 Parameters

Device Identification

Chip name                             Tek3

Year of manufacture                   1994

Serial number                         1578BR04/01

First light on La Palma               May 1994

Description                           Thinned AR coated

Operational Characteristics

 

Measurements made on IDS235 26/6/95

Speed	Slow	Standard	Quick	Turbo	Nonastro
Bias(ADU)		810	877
Gain(e/ADU)		0.7	1.39
Noise(e)		4.7	6.1
Linear to(ADU)		60k	60k
Readout time(s)		166	140

Vertical CTE                          0.99999

Horizontal CTE                        0.99999

Physical Characteristics

Pixel Scale (235 camera)              0.70 arcsec/pixel

            (500 camera)              0.33 arcsec/pixel

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           11.1 mm

Cryostat window size                  40mm x 40mm

Operational Parameters

Flooding type                         none

Operating temperature                 173K

Prefered amplifier                    A

Network name                          CCD1

Anti-blooming available               no

Measured characteristics

Quantum Efficiency

Dark current                           9 e/hour

Full well bloom limit                  ?

Chip flatness                          ? micron ? bow

Cosmetics                              ?

This page last updated : 17th June 1998

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