Operation and performance of the ASIC for the GERB IR focal plane assembly

Nick Nelms; Gillian I. Butcher; C. H. Whitford; Richard E. Cole; Oliver Blake; R. Williams; L. Nuttall

doi:10.1117/12.372669

6 December 1999 Operation and performance of the ASIC for the GERB IR focal plane assembly

Nick Nelms, Gillian I. Butcher, C. H. Whitford, Richard E. Cole, Oliver Blake, R. Williams, L. Nuttall

Proceedings Volume 3759, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VII; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372669
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument employs a 256 element thermoelectric linear array. As part of the read-out electronics, a custom ASIC has been developed which provides parallel signal processing and digitization for 64 detector pixels. Four of these ASICs combine to provide complete detector read-out, culminating in a single serial digital interface for data output. We present details of the operation and performance of the ASIC achieved as part of the GERB focal plane assembly (FPA).

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Nick Nelms, Gillian I. Butcher, C. H. Whitford, Richard E. Cole, Oliver Blake, R. Williams, and L. Nuttall "Operation and performance of the ASIC for the GERB IR focal plane assembly", Proc. SPIE 3759, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VII, (6 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372669

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