Image Sensors for Space and Ground Based Astronomy David Morris Chief Engineer – Space Applications Page 1
Image Sensors for Astronomy Who We Are What We Do What We Have Done What we are doing now Page 2
INTRODUCTION TO TELEDYNE Technology company specializing in highly engineered products Founded in 1960 Headquarters in California, USA 2016 sales of US$2.15 billion (before2v acquisition) Approximately 10,700 employees (e2v 1,700) Demonstrated record of growing businesses through new technology development, as well as acquisitions Opportunity to leverage Teledyne’s and e2v’s complementary technology, products, customers and markets (a) Refers to Teledyne, Inc., a predecessor of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Confidential Confidential
THIS IS TELEDYNE Our innovations lead developments in healthcare, life sciences, space, transportation, defence and security and industrial markets Workshop on the Chinese Space Station Optical Survey October 18 th 2017
Space Imaging Enabling Science and Earth imaging to see further What we do Courtesy of CNES 2012 • CCD & CMOS sensors for ground and space • Focal plane arrays, cameras & subsystems • Space-qualified supply chain management • High sensitivity ‘electron multiplying’ technology • From visible to x-ray, ultraviolet and IR Courtesy of CNES 2012 • Long term customer support
Ground-based Astronomy European ELT Thirty metre telescope Hawaii ESO VLT Giant Magellanic Telescope LAMOST MUSE Imaging and spectroscopy Adaptive optics and guiding Image courtesy of LSST LSST J-PAS telescope
Space Science Applications Curiosity & HiRise Akatsuki Hubble GAIA PLATO Solar Dynamics Chang-E Kaguya Rosetta New Horizons Kepler Observatory Lunar telescope
• CFHT – Megacam • ESO – Omegacam • Hubble WFC3 • Kepler Page 8
ESA - Gaia Page 9
CCD250 for LSST 4k x 4k 10 micron pixels CCD290-99 9k x 9k 10 micron pixels Page 10
ESA - Euclid CCD273-84 • 4096 X 4096 12 µm pixels • 4 x low noise high responsivity amplifiers ~7µV/e • Low noise typically ~2e at 70kHz readout frequency • Image full well capacity ~220ke • Deep depletion silicon backthinned for high QE at 900nm • 4 side buttable package with flexi connectors • All 49 Flight CCDs and spares delivered in 2017. e2v internal Page 11 Confidential Confidential
ESA - Plato CCD270 4510 X 4510 pixels 18 µm square 4 phase pixels Thin gate high full well capacity process 2 x high signal amplifiers ~2µV/e on one side Peak signal >1Me 3 side buttable package with flexi connectors 112 Flight Models (and Spares) to deliver… e2v internal Page 12 Confidential Confidential
J-PAS Cryogenic Camera 14 CCD290-99 in the focal plane Complete camera designed and manufactured by Teledyne e2v in 1.2 Giga pixels. Chelmsford, UK Page 13 Confidential Confidential
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Thank you for your attention David.Morris@Teledyne-e2v.com
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