New generation CCD controller requirements and an example: The San Diego State University generation II controller

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3355, Issue , 1998, Pages 512-519

  Leach, Robert ^a   Beale, Frank ^a   Eriksen, James ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCDs; Optical astronomy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ASTRONOMICAL APPLICATIONS; BACKPLANE ARCHITECTURES; CCD CONTROLLERS; CCDS; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; DIGITAL SIGNALS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER DAC; DRIFT SCANS; DYNAMIC RANGES; FAST READOUTS; FOCAL PLANES; GROUND-BASED; LOW CONTRASTS; OPTICAL ASTRONOMY; READOUT CHANNELS; READOUT NOISE; REGION-OF-INTEREST READOUTS; SAN DIEGO; SINGLE CONTROLLERS; SMALL DEVICES; SMALL REGIONS; VIDEO PROCESSORS; VIDEO-PROCESSING; WAVE-FRONT SENSING;

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLERS; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; HYBRID COMPUTERS; INSTRUMENTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 62849085715     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.316783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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