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TEK5 Parameters with UltraDAS + SDSU Gen.2



Device Identification

Chip name  Tek5
Year of manufacture 1994
Serial number 1675BR05-01
First light on La Palma December 1994
Description Thinned AR coated, converted to run with UltraDAS August 2000.

Operational Characteristics

Speed 
SLOW
FAST
Bias(ADU)
 1900
1790
Gain(e/ADU)
1.4
3.5
Noise(e)
3.8
6

Noise (ADU)

2.7

1.7

Linear to(ADU)
+/-0.2% to 60k
+/-0.4% to 60k
Readout time(s)
35
22
Binning in horizontal should not be used in SLOW.

Linearity measured January 2002 using this method.



 
Vertical CTE 0.999997
Horizontal CTE 0.999987

Physical Characteristics

Pixel Scale (Aux.port) 0.11 arc/pixel
Field of view (Aux.port) 1.8 x 1.8 arcmin
X Pixel size 24 microns
Y Pixel size  24 microns
X size in pixels of digitised area 1100
Y size in pixels of digitised area 1040
X size of useful imaging area 1024
Y size of useful imaging area 1024
X start of useful imaging area  53
Ystart of useful imaging area 0
LN2 capacity of cryostat 2.5 litres
Cryostat window thickness 4 mm
Distance from window to CCD 14.6 mm
Cryostat window size  40mm x 40mm

Operational Parameters

Flooding type none
Operating temperature 168K
Preferred amplifier A

Measured Characteristics


 
 
 
Dark current 7 e/hour
Chip flatness 57 micron bow



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