A novel current-based CCD clock driver

dc.contributor.authorCancino, B.
dc.contributor.authorAbusleme Hoffman, Ángel Christian
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-17T15:57:22Z
dc.date.available2022-05-17T15:57:22Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractCharge-Coupled Device (CCD) detectors are widely used in astronomy for generating measurable electrical charge from incident photons. The CCD reading process involves a charge transfer stage, in which the charge collected in each pixel is transferred to the output amplifiers. This process is performed by applying a set of clock waveforms to each pixel electrode of the detector. Parameters signals such as voltage excursion, rise/fall times and rise/fall rates, are related directly to the performance of the charge transfer process. Due to the capacitive nature of CCD pixels, the existing clock drivers are not the best suited for the task, because the waveform control is performed by a voltage amplifier. This architecture does not allow to accurately set the rise/fall rate of the voltage signal, since its settling always follows the dynamic response of the amplifier. This paper studies the use of a current-based CCD clock driver implemented through the improved Howland current source (IHCS). This idea takes advantage of the capacitive impedance of CCD pixels, and allows one to accurately set the rise/fall rate of the CCD driving signals, and in consequence, improve the performance of the charge transfer process. A CCD clock driver is designed, built and tested.
dc.fuente.origenIEEE
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/LASCAS.2018.8399944
dc.identifier.isbn978-1538623114
dc.identifier.issn2473-4667
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1109/LASCAS.2018.8399944
dc.identifier.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8399944
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/64085
dc.information.autorucEscuela de ingeniería ; Abusleme Hoffman, Ángel Christian ; S/I ; 2698
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesoContenido parcial
dc.publisherIEEE
dc.relation.ispartofIEEE Latin American Symposium on Circuits & Systems (9° : 2018 : Puerto Vallarta, México)
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectCharge coupled devices
dc.subjectClocks
dc.subjectCharge transfer
dc.subjectDetectors
dc.subjectRegisters
dc.subjectLogic gates
dc.subjectPhotonics
dc.titleA novel current-based CCD clock driveres_ES
dc.typecomunicación de congreso
sipa.codpersvinculados2698
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