Detector, Charge Coupled Device, 4 mp, front illuminated
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Scientific Imaging Technologies, Inc.
- Summary
- This is a charge coupled device (CCD), SITE Model SI 424, representative of the 30 CCDs used in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey camera focal plane array. CCDs consist of two dimensional arrays of large numbers of tiny silicon diodes that convert light photons directly to electrical signals that can be processed digitally to produce images. The surface of this front illuminated CCD contains a square array of 2048 by 2048 pixels for a total of over 4 million elements. This example was manufactured by Scientific Imaging Technologies Inc. and donated by them to NASM in 2000.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Scientific Imaging Technologies Inc.
- Inventory Number
- A20000694000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Silicon chip in gold frame
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 6.3 × 6.3 × 1.1cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 7/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20000694000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv990a58515-8075-4394-b72e-593bfa02f6d4
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