Realization and application of a 111 million pixel backside-illuminated detector and camera

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6690, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zacharias, Norbert ^a   Dorland, Bryan ^a   Bredthauer, Richard ^b   Boggs, Kasey ^b   Bredthauer, Greg ^b   Lesser, Mike ^c  

^a US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b Semiconductor Technology Associates Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

All sky survey; Astrometry; Large format CCD; Space situational awareness; Star tracker

Indexed keywords

ALL SKY SURVEY; SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; STAR TRACKERS;

ASTRONOMY; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RADIATION DETECTORS;

PIXELS;

EID: 42249088743     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.736961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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