Characterisation of the analogue read-out chain for the CCDs onboard the mesospheric airglow/aerosol tomography and spectroscopy (MATS)
Paper in proceeding, 2018

The MATS satellite aims at observing airglow and noctilucent clouds in the mesosphere. The main instrument consists of a six channels limb imager in the near-ultraviolet and near-infrared. A high signal-to-noise ratio is required for detecting these mesospheric phenomena: 100 and 500 for ultraviolet and infrared, respectively. This is achieved by an optical design minimizing stray-light, but also with a dedicated design of the read-out analogue chain for the CCD on each channel. The requirements and expected light level on the imaging channels are brie y discussed before focusing on the CCD read-out analogue chain, for which the design and performances are presented.

MATS

Dark current

Noise

CCD

Read-out electronics

Author

G. Giono

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

G. Olentšenko

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

N. Ivchenko

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Ole Martin Christensen

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing

J. Gumbel

Stockholm University

U. Frisk

Omnisys Instruments

Arvid Hammar

Omnisys Instruments

I. Davies

E2v

L. Megner

Stockholm University

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

0277786X (ISSN) 1996756X (eISSN)

Vol. 10698 106984Y
978-151061949-4 (ISBN)

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Austin, USA,

Subject Categories

Architectural Engineering

Accelerator Physics and Instrumentation

Signal Processing

DOI

10.1117/12.2313732

ISBN

9781510619494

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