A High voltage CCD Sensor Control Chip for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

Ning Zuoliang; Benjamin J. Blalock; M. Nance Ericson; John Oliver; Richard Van Berg; Paul O'Connor; Charles L. Britton

doi:10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616854

A High voltage CCD Sensor Control Chip for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)

Ning Zuoliang, Benjamin J. Blalock, M. Nance Ericson, John Oliver, Richard Van Berg, Paul O'Connor, Charles L. Britton

Sensors and Electronics

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Abstract

A Sensor Control Chip (SCC) that can drive a 20 V adjustable output voltage swing and a maximum output current of 100 mA has been developed to provide the required clock and bias signals for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's CCD imagers. The prototype chip has been fabricated in a 0.8-μm BCD-SOI process, and is designed to operate down to 150K. The circuit consists of current steering DACs followed by transimpedence operational amplifiers to control the rail voltages of the clock signals and bias voltages. The clocks are input to the SCC through LVDS receivers and converted internally to the required amplitude for driving the CCD. Design techniques will be presented along with room temperature and operational temperature test results obtained from prototype chips.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2008 IEEE International 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS
Pages	535-537
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616854
State	Published - 2008
Event	2008 IEEE International 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS - Knoxville, TN, United States Duration: Aug 10 2008 → Aug 13 2008

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Name	Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ISSN (Print)	1548-3746

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Conference	2008 IEEE International 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS
Country/Territory	United States
City	Knoxville, TN
Period	08/10/08 → 08/13/08

Keywords

CCD clock driver
Cold temperature electronics
High-voltage analog
Silicon-on-insulator

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Zuoliang, N., Blalock, B. J., Ericson, M. N., Oliver, J., Berg, R. V., O'Connor, P., & Britton, C. L. (2008). A High voltage CCD Sensor Control Chip for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). In 2008 IEEE International 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS (pp. 535-537). Article 4616854 (Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems). https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616854

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Zuoliang, N, Blalock, BJ, Ericson, MN, Oliver, J, Berg, RV, O'Connor, P & Britton, CL 2008, A High voltage CCD Sensor Control Chip for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). in 2008 IEEE International 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS., 4616854, Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 535-537, 2008 IEEE International 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS, Knoxville, TN, United States, 08/10/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSCAS.2008.4616854

A High voltage CCD Sensor Control Chip for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). / Zuoliang, Ning; Blalock, Benjamin J.; Ericson, M. Nance et al.
2008 IEEE International 51st Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS. 2008. p. 535-537 4616854 (Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems).

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