Noise Characterization of IUCAA Digital Sampling Array Controller (IDSAC)

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العنوان: Noise Characterization of IUCAA Digital Sampling Array Controller (IDSAC)
المؤلفون: Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay, Bhushan Joshi, Changbom Park, Pravinkumar A. Chordia, Haeun Chung, Ketan Rikame, Sungwook E. Hong, Mahesh P. Burse, Dhruv Paranjpye, Amitesh Omar, Sakya Sinha, Sujit Punnadi, Kalpesh Chillal, Anamparambu N. Ramaprakash
سنة النشر: 2018
مصطلحات موضوعية: Correlated double sampling, Analogue electronics, business.industry, Computer science, Noise (signal processing), Mechanical Engineering, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Signal, Signal chain, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 010309 optics, Sampling (signal processing), Backplane, Space and Planetary Science, Control and Systems Engineering, Control theory, 0103 physical sciences, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Computer hardware
الوصف: IUCAA Digital Sampling Array Controller (IDSAC) is a flexible and generic yet powerful CCD controller which can handle a wide range of scientific detectors. Based on an easily scalable modular backplane architecture consisting of Single Board Controllers (SBC), IDSAC can control large detector arrays and mosaics. Each of the SBCs offers the full functionality required to control a CCD independently. The SBCs can be cold swapped without the need to reconfigure them. Each SBC can handle data from up to four video channels with or without dummy outputs at speeds up to 500 kilo Pixels Per Second (kPPS) Per Channel with a resolution of 16 bits. Communication with Linux based host computer is through a USB3.0 interface, with the option of using copper or optical fibers. A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is used as the master controller in each SBC which allows great flexibility in optimizing performance by adjusting gain, timing signals, bias levels, etc. using user-editable configuration files without altering the circuit topology. Elimination of thermal kTC noise is achieved via Digital Correlated Double Sampling (DCDS). We present the results of noise performance characterization of IDSAC through simulation, theoretical modeling, and actual measurements. The contribution of different types of noise sources is modeled using a tool to predict noise of a generic DCDS signal chain analytically. The analytical model predicts the net input referenced noise of the signal chain to be 5 electrons for 200k pixels per second per channel readout rate with 3 samples per pixel. Using a cryogenic test set up in the lab, the noise is measured to be 5.4 e (24.3 \muV), for the same readout configuration.
21 Pages, 13 Figures, 6 Tables
اللغة: English
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::99a151661c62e9e1468d99a2dc7073a5
http://arxiv.org/abs/1810.01979
حقوق: OPEN
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi.dedup.....99a151661c62e9e1468d99a2dc7073a5
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE