Megapixel and larger readouts and FPAs for visible and infrared astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4841, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 770-781

  Gulbransen, D J ^a   Love, P J ^a   Murray, M P ^a   Lum, N A ^a   Fletcher, C L ^a   Corrales, E ^a   Mills, R E ^a   Hoffman, A W ^a   Ando, K J ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal Plane Array; HgCdTe; Infrared Astronomy; InSb; Megapixel; NGST; Raytheon; Readouts; VIRGO

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (FPA);

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038413984     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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