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Plato CCD and Front-End Plato CCD and Front-End ElectronicsElectronics

Dave Walton UCL/MSSL dmw@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

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OverviewTwo types of CCD/FEE

• Normal32 telescopesFull-frame, no shutterCadence = 25 s (22 s integration, 3 s readout)2 ports per CCD, 4 Mpix/s/port

• Fast2 telescopesFrame-transferCadence = 2.5 s (frame transfer 0.4 s)2 ports per CCD, 4 Mpix/s/port

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Focal plane coverage

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CCD progress – package and connections

Flexi length 120 mm. Trade-off between thermal isolation and bandwidth/interference

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CCD Parameters

• 4510 x 4510 pixels per CCD18 µm pixel81.2 x 81.2 mm2 per CCD

• Full well >= 900 ke-

• Thinned, back-illuminated

• 3-side buttable

• Variant: Frame-transfer for fast cameras

• Total CCDs to fly = 136.

• Area = 0.9 m2

Largest CCD area ever flown (?)

Gaia CCD at MSSLPlato CCD is x2.4 largerIn area

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Revised, smaller FEE enclosure

Flexi connecting the two PCB panels

CCD connectors

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Normal telescope readout sequence

3 s 22 s

For normal telescope, unshuttered readout gives some image smearFor fast telescope, frame transfer time gives some image smearThese effects can be corrected if necessary

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New 2 X 16 bit ADC proposal

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Fast telecope differences• Frame-transfer operation

• Pixel rate per port 4 Mpix/s, same as normal telescope

• But CCDs read out in parallel continuously, 2.5 s cadence(so no multiplexing in analogue electronics)

• High data rate requires local DPU

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FIN