Scientific CCD Technology at JPL
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چکیده
Charge-coupled devices (CCOs) were recognized for their potential as an imaging technology almost immediately following their conception in 1970. Twenty years later, they are firmly established as the technology of choice for visible imaging. While consumer applications of CCOs, especially the emerging home video camera market, dominate manufacturing activity, the scientific market for CCO imagers has become significant. This paper describes activity of JPL and its industrial partners in the area of CCO imagers for space scientific instruments. Requirements for scientific imagers are significantly different from those needed for home video cameras, and are described below. An imager for an instrument on the CRAF/Cassini mission is described in detail to highlight achieved levels of performance.
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