Rockwell Scientific Astronomy Products Michael MacDougal June 22, 2005 Scientific Detector Workshop 2005

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Rockwell Scientific Astronomy ProductsMichael
MacDougalJune 22, 2005Scientific Detector
Workshop 2005

• IR HAWAII-2RGs in production
• HyViSI HAWAII-2RGs shipping
• SIDECAR ASIC control electronics for HxRG
• Next generation Extending the HxRG family

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2K x 2K IR FPAs Customers Taking Delivery and
Obtaining Images
4 HAWAII-2RG FPAs
4 HAWAII-2RG FPAs
4 HAWAII-2 FPAs
Courtesy Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
JWST NIRCam Testing
Courtesy Joint Astronomy Center, UKIRT
Astronomy FPAs

• LPE
• H1 SWIR PACE
• H1RG/H2RG SWIR PACE
• MBE
• H1RG/H2RG SWIR
• H1RG/H2RG MWIR
• Si
• H1RG/H2RG HyViSI

Idk less than 0.005 e-/sec
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Hybrid Visible Silicon Imager (HyViSITM)

• Delivered 2Kx2K HAWAII-2RG HyViSI
• Pixel operability (QEgt60) 99.996
• Read noise lt13 e- CDS at 100kHz
• Response non-uniformity lt 4
• Three-side buttable

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SIDECAR ASICControl Electronics on a Chip

• Chips expected to be available at the end of the
  year
• Interface HW (to USB) and software will also be
  available

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Extension of HAWAII FamilyIncreasing the number
of pixels
Guide mode read/reset opt.
Stitching
On-chip butting
Reference pixels
HAWAII - xRG Extension
Smaller pixels, Improved flexibility
performance, Scalable resolution
2006
4096 x 4096 110 million FETs 0.25 µm CMOS 10, 15
µm pixel size
6144 x 6144 248 million FETs 0.25 µm CMOS 10 µm
pixel size
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Deep Impact A NASA Discovery MissionRSCs
HAWAII-1R will analyze 4.5-billion-yr-old comet
dust, never accessed before!

• Reason for mission There are many theories
  about comets that are unconstrained by
  observation M. OHearn, PI, Univ of Maryland
• Will tell us about the beginning of our solar
  system
• Deep impact scheduled to occur on 4th of July,
  2005
• Comet Tempel-1 a 4.5 billion-year-old time
  capsule
• Spacecraft will be recording visible and IR data
  during and after the impact using a high
  resolution spectroscopy instrument featuring
  RSCs 4.8um cutoff HAWAII-1R in custom flight
  packaging

HAWAII-1R 103
Jan. 13 photograph taken by Mt Palomar's 200
inch telescope as the Deep Impact spacecraft was
at a distance of about 260,000 kilometers
(163,000 miles) from Earth and moving at a speed
of about 16,000 kilometers per hour (10,000 miles
per hour).