Technology of large focal planes of CCDs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5167, Issue , 2004, Pages 72-82

  Jorden, Paul R ^a   Morris, David G ^a   Pool, Peter J ^a  

^a E2V TECHNOLOGIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; CCD; Focal plane; Power dissipation

Indexed keywords

CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SPACE RESEARCH; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS (FPA); POWER DISSIPATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 1942519199     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.512511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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