Design and Development of Multi-Purpose CCD Camera System with Thermoelectric Cooling: Hardware

We designed and developed a multi-purpose CCD camera system for three kinds of CCDs; KAF-0401E(768×512), KAF-1602E(1536×1024), KAF-3200E(2184×1472) made by KODAK Co.. The system supports fast USB port as well as parallel port for data I/O and control signal. The packing is based on two stage circuit...

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Main Authors: Y.-W. Kang, Y. I. Byun, J. H. Rhee, S. H. Oh, D. K. Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Space Science Society (KSSS) 2007-12-01
Series:Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
Subjects:
CCD
Online Access:http://ocean.kisti.re.kr/downfile/volume/kosss/OJOOBS/2007/v24n4/OJOOBS_2007_v24n4_349.pdf
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Summary:We designed and developed a multi-purpose CCD camera system for three kinds of CCDs; KAF-0401E(768×512), KAF-1602E(1536×1024), KAF-3200E(2184×1472) made by KODAK Co.. The system supports fast USB port as well as parallel port for data I/O and control signal. The packing is based on two stage circuit boards for size reduction and contains built-in filter wheel. Basic hardware components include clock pattern circuit, A/D conversion circuit, CCD data flow control circuit, and CCD temperature control unit. The CCD temperature can be controlled with accuracy of approximately 0.4° C in the max. range of temperature, Δ 33° C. This CCD camera system has with readout noise 6 e^{-}, and system gain 5 e^{-}/ADU. A total of 10 CCD camera systems were produced and our tests show that all of them show passable performance.
ISSN:2093-5587
2093-1409