Large-area visible arrays: performance of hybrid and monolithic alternatives

Lester J. Kozlowski; Yibin Bai; M. Loose; Atul B. Joshi; Gary W. Hughes; James D. Garnett

doi:10.1117/12.456758

24 December 2002 Large area visible arrays: performance of hybrid and monolithic alternatives

Lester J. Kozlowski, Yibin Bai, M. Loose, Atul B. Joshi, Gary W. Hughes, James D. Garnett

Proceedings Volume 4836, Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456758
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

CMOS-based imaging system-on-chip (i-SoC) technology is successfully producing large monolithic and hybrid FPAs that are superior in many respects to competing CCD-based imaging sensors. The hybrid approach produces visible 2048 by 2048 FPAs with <6 e- read noise and quantum efficiency above 80% from 400 nm to 920 nm; 4096 by 4096 mosaics are now being developed. The monolithic approach produces visible 12-bit imaging system-on-chips such as a 1936 by 1088 with higher quantum efficiency than mainstream CCDs, <25 e- read noise, <0.02% fixed pattern noise, automatic identification and replacement of defective pixels, black-level clamping, total power dissipation of only 180 mW, and various programmable features. Several successors having ≥12 Mpixels are in development. In both cases low-light-level performance is boosted by coupling the sensors to image intensifiers.

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Lester J. Kozlowski, Yibin Bai, M. Loose, Atul B. Joshi, Gary W. Hughes, and James D. Garnett "Large area visible arrays: performance of hybrid and monolithic alternatives", Proc. SPIE 4836, Survey and Other Telescope Technologies and Discoveries, (24 December 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456758

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