First results from the UBC etch-alignment mosaic CCD
Abstract
First imaging results are obtained with a new CCD mosaic prototype (3K x 3k, 15 \mu m pixels). The CCDs are aligned using an etched socket alignment technique. Three different measurements of the alignment are made using star images, test p attern images, and microscope analysis. The CCDs have an angular misalignement o f less than 30 ppm. The composite device is flat to within \pm 3 \mu m, with rows/columns oriented to within 20 ppm. The use of an existing technology with built in precision reduces many of the difficulties and expenses typically encountered with mosaic detector construction. A new camera being built for the UBC liquid mirror telescope is al so described.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9706267,
title = {First results from the UBC etch-alignment mosaic CCD},
author = {S. C. Chapman and G. S. Burley and G. A. H. Walker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9706267},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
11 pages, 6 figs, 3 tables To appear in SPIE Photonics West97 - Electronic Imaging