Gamma ray damage of biased CCD image sensors

Author

Vrba, Radimir

fYear

2005

fDate

5-7 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

175

Abstract

High image quality CCD image sensors are needed in many applications. Low noise and high dynamic range are critical parameters required in scientific and industrial applications. In many of the applications, however, the CCD image sensor can be irradiated by an ionizing radiation, as alpha, beta, gamma or X-ray. This paper shows behaviour of low noise, high dynamic range, 1 megapixel frame transfer CCD FTT1010-M image sensor radiated by gamma ray radiation. CCD image sensor driver board with rad-hard components was designed and used during the tests. Results of the investigation will be used in system for protein crystallization study in microgravity.

Keywords

CCD image sensors; biological techniques; crystallisation; gamma-ray effects; molecular biophysics; proteins; X-ray; alpha ray; beta ray; biased CCD image sensors; frame transfer CCD FTT1010-M image sensor; gamma ray; gamma ray damage; ionizing radiation; microgravity; protein crystallization; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Dynamic range; Image quality; Image sensors; Ionizing radiation; Proteins; Radiation hardening; Testing; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors and the International Conference on new Techniques in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research, 2005 Asian Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9370-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASENSE.2005.1564533

Filename

1564533