The orthogonal-transfer array: A new CCD architecture for astronomy

Barry Burke; John Tonry; Michael Cooper; Gerard Luppino; George Jacoby; Richard Bredthauer; Kasey Boggs; Michael Lesser; Peter Onaka; Douglas Young; Peter Doherty; David Craig

doi:10.1117/12.562490

The orthogonal-transfer array: A new CCD architecture for astronomy

Barry Burke, John Tonry, Michael Cooper, Gerard Luppino, George Jacoby, Richard Bredthauer, Kasey Boggs, Michael Lesser, Peter Onaka, Douglas Young, Peter Doherty, David Craig

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Abstract

The orthogonal-transfer array (OTA) is a new CCD architecture designed to provide wide-field tip-tilt correction of astronomical images. The device consists of an 8×8 array of small (∼500×500 pixels) orthogonal-transfer CCDs (OTCCD) with independent addressing and readout of each OTCCD. This approach enables an optimum tip-tilt correction to be applied independently to each OTCCD across the focal plane. The first design of this device has been carried out at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in support of the Pan-STARRS program with a collaborative parallel effort at Semiconductor Technology Associates (STA) for the WIYN Observatory. The two versions of this device are functionally compatible and share a common pinout and package. The first wafer lots are complete at Lincoln and at Dalsa and are undergoing wafer probing.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	15
Pages (from-to)	185-192
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5499
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.562490
State	Published - 2004
Event	Optical and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 21 2004 → Jun 22 2004

Keywords

CCD
OTCCD
Orthogonal-transfer CCD
Pan-STARRS
Tip tilt
WIYN

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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