Recent developments with orthogonal-transfer CCD

Barry E. Burke; John L. Tonry

doi:10.1117/12.275182

25 April 1997 Recent developments with orthogonal-transfer CCD

Barry E. Burke, John L. Tonry

Proceedings Volume 3019, Solid State Sensor Arrays: Development and Applications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275182
Event: Electronic Imaging '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe recent results from a new type of CCD imager which is capable of transferring charge in all four directions and is called an orthogonal-transfer CCD or OTCCD. This device has applications in adaptive imaging where the image motion is fast in relation to the frame time. We have built a 512 X 512 pixel frame-transfer device in which the imaging section has OT pixels and the frame store has conventional three-phase pixels. We have demonstrated at the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT (MDM) observatory on Kitt Peak that significant improvements in seeing can be obtained by partially correcting for atmosphere-induced phase distortions using this device. By imaging a bright guide star on the frame store and operating it as a fast- framing tracker we are able to measure the lowest-order distortion. We then use this information to clock the OT section to maintain registration between the charge packets and the shifting star images. The preliminary results show that the OTCCD can remove approximately 0.5 inches in quadrature with the remaining sources of broadening at MDM. Pockets are more numerous in this device than expected, and their effects are exacerbated by the multiple transfers during image tracking. Some evidence has been found that links the pockets to the use of aluminum as the fourth gate level.

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Barry E. Burke and John L. Tonry "Recent developments with orthogonal-transfer CCD", Proc. SPIE 3019, Solid State Sensor Arrays: Development and Applications, (25 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275182

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