A readout system for high-speed CCD cameras based on Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture

Author

McVittie, Patrick ; Contarato, Devis ; Denes, Peter ; Doering, Dionisio ; Joseph, Jayaraj ; Weizeorick, John

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

1623

Lastpage

1625

Abstract

This paper describes the performance of a scalable readout system for high-speed CCD sensors based on the Advanced Telecommunication Computing Architecture specification. The paper reports the readout system performance tested with a IMPixel Frame Store CCD sensor for soft X-ray applications at synchrotron light sources. This camera is capable of producing image data at over 400 MB/s which must be processed in real-time and stored to disk. The high-level hardware architecture, signal processing data flow, and network protocol optimization are also be presented.

Keywords

CCD image sensors; X-ray detection; optimisation; protocols; readout electronics; signal processing; synchrotrons; telecommunication computing; IMPixel frame store CCD sensor; advanced telecommunication computing architecture specification; high-level hardware architecture; high-speed CCD camera; image data production; network protocol optimization; scalable readout system; signal processing data flow; soft X-ray application; synchrotron light source;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551386

Filename

6551386