Bibcode
Suárez Valles, Marcos; Kohley, Ralf; Vilela, Rafael; Casanova, Agustín
Referencia bibliográfica
Optical and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy. Edited by James D. Garnett and James W. Beletic. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5499, pp. 464-475 (2004).
Fecha de publicación:
9
2004
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Descripción
The scientific instrument ELMER for the GTC 10-m telescope integrates an
E2V Technologies CCD44-82 detector and can optionally use the MIT/LL
CCID-20 device. Fan-out electronics have been developed that support
both detectors reusing the same PCB design and cabling. The main system
component, the fan-out board, provides dual-channel input clamp and
preamplification of the CCD output signal as well as filtering and
active ESD protection of all the CCD lines within a 60x80mm envelope.
The preamplifier stage is based on complementary bipolar operational
amplifiers with dielectric isolation technology for optimum noise
performance and minimum settling time. Matched, discrete JFET buffers
are used for improved DC precision. Preliminary tests performed on the
system yield 2.0μVrms preamplifier noise after CDS at
50kHz readout frequency. Slew rate in excess of 230V/μs and settling
time well below 75ns have been obtained for a gain 4 preamplifier
configuration driving non terminated coaxial cable.