KIRMOS DETECTORS

This Table of Contents represents the information which exists and which we hope to soon make available.  Links denote those items which have been located on the web page already, sometimes in preliminary form.

Last updated by Roger Smith, 2004 March 29

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PDR materials:

Link to Chapter 11 of PDR report - Detectors

Overview of Status,  2004, March 30 

14.8.1 KIRMOS Interface Control Document, Detector Module: v1.1

14.8.2 KIRMOS General Design Note 2.0, Detector Head Assembly (Preliminary Design Issues)

14.8.3 KIMROS General Design Note 1.0, Detector Motion



 

Table of Contents

NIR   DETECTOR TESTS

Test dewars

Introduction
Drawings for extended IR labs ND8
Worksurface heater  (wiring, thermal perfromance and tuning)
Autofill with servo controlled cooling rate
Hold time measurements
Light sources (LEDs, 3 colors)

Detector mounts (for test dewars)

Description
Disassembly concept
Detector & mount installation photos.
Thermal design calculations (Excel spreadsheet)
Flex circuit designs
Thermal performance
Focal plane mask designs

H2RG and VIRGO detector mounts (Solidworks eDrawing, Windows executable)

Dewar + electronics box (Solidworks, eDrawing, Windows executable)

Detector Controllers

32 Channel ARC Inc (Leach-3) controller for HAWAII-2RG description
16 Channel ARC Inc (Leach-3) controller for VIRGO-2K description
Arcview software

Performance tests:

Bias noise spectra, filtering
Video gain and filtering
Differential non-linearity

Rockwell HAWAII-2RG

H2RG Multiplexor tests

Timing waveforms
Verification of pixel unscrambling
Bias voltages
Bias to video transfer functions
Noise & intereference sources

Raytheon VIRGO-2K

VIRGO-2K Multiplexor tests

Timing waveforms
Verification of pixel unscrambling
Bias voltages
Bias to video transfer functions
Noise & intereference sources

GUIDERS

Links to guider discussion in PDR report....