Orion II: The Second Generation Readout Multiplexer for the Largest Infrared Hybrid Focal Plane

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5167, Issue , 2004, Pages 186-193

  Merrill, K M ^a   Fowler, A ^a   Ball, W ^a   Henden, A ^a   Vrba, F ^a   McCreight, C ^b  

^a NOAO ^*  (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomical detectors; Focal Plane Array (FPA); Infra Red (IR); InSb; IR multiplexers; Large format arrays

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL DETECTORS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA); INFRA-RED (IR); INSB; IR MULTIPLEXERS; LARGE-FORMAT ARRAYS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTEGRATION; MULTIPLEXING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORS; SWITCHING; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1942422767     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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