Investigating end-of-life performance of the PLATO CCD: cryogenic versus room temperature proton irradiation comparison

Thibaut Prod'homme; Peter Verhoeve; Frederic Lemmel; Hans Smit; Sander Blommaert; Cornelis van der Luijt; Ivo Visser; Thierry Beaufort; Brian Shortt; Yves Levillain

doi:10.1117/12.2314077

16 July 2018 Investigating end-of-life performance of the PLATO CCD: cryogenic versus room temperature proton irradiation comparison

Thibaut Prod'homme, Peter Verhoeve, Frederic Lemmel, Hans Smit, Sander Blommaert, Cornelis van der Luijt, Ivo Visser, Thierry Beaufort, Brian Shortt, Yves Levillain

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Proceedings Volume 10709, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy VIII; 107090K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314077
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

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In the context of PLATO | ESA's exo-Earth hunting mission due for launch in 2026 | the Science Payload Validation team at ESA/ESTEC have performed a cryogenic proton irradiation and testing campaign of the PLATO CCD radiation test vehicle the Teledyne-e2v CCD280. Following the irradiation in standard conditions (room temperature, unbiased) of one device, and the irradiation of another in close to flight conditions (at T=203K and operated), the devices performance (CTI, dark current, hot pixels, trap population) were concurrently monitored over a two month period, first at a constant temperature and then following several temperature cycles. The results of these investigations will be presented.

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Thibaut Prod'homme, Peter Verhoeve, Frederic Lemmel, Hans Smit, Sander Blommaert, Cornelis van der Luijt, Ivo Visser, Thierry Beaufort, Brian Shortt, and Yves Levillain "Investigating end-of-life performance of the PLATO CCD: cryogenic versus room temperature proton irradiation comparison", Proc. SPIE 10709, High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy VIII, 107090K (16 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314077

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