CCD Soft X-ray Imaging Spectrometer for the ASCA Satellite

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 375-385

  Burke, B E ^a   Mountain, R W ^a   Daniels, P J ^a   Cooper, M J ^a   Dolat, V S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PROTONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ASCA (ADVANCED SATELLITE FOR COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS) SATELLITE; FOCAL PLANE SENSORS; FRAME TRANSFER DEVICES; SOFT X RAY IMAGING SPECTROMETER; SPURIOUS BACKGROUND SIGNALS; WAFER LEVEL DEVICE SCREENING;

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0028374684     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.281527     Document Type: Article

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