MCRC V1: development of integrated readout electronics for next generation x-ray CCD detectors for future satellite observatories

Sven Herrmann; Josephine Wong; Tanmoy Chattopadhyay; R. Glenn Morris; Barry Burke; Gregory Prigozhin; Mike Cooper; David Craig; Kevan Donlon; Richard Foster; Andrew Malonis; Mark Bautz; Steve Allen

doi:10.1117/12.2561741

13 December 2020 MCRC V1: development of integrated readout electronics for next generation x-ray CCD detectors for future satellite observatories

Sven Herrmann, Josephine Wong, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, R. Glenn Morris, Barry Burke, Gregory Prigozhin, Mike Cooper, David Craig, Kevan Donlon, Richard Foster, Andrew Malonis, Mark Bautz, Steve Allen

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Proceedings Volume 11454, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IX; 1145427 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561741
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The High Definition X-ray Imager (HDXI) for the proposed Lynx X-ray Observatory will require much larger (16 Mpixel) and faster (around 100 fps) imaging detectors than have been developed to date. One engineering solution to meet these requirements is to combine substantial parallelization with fast readout speeds. Stanford University and MIT are collaborating in the development of such detectors. The work involves the design of a new ASIC, the MIT CCD Readout Chip MCRC-V1, developed to read out MIT Lincoln Laboratory CCDs using MOSFET or JFET outputs. The architecture of the MCRC-V1 involves eight low-noise, fully differential amplifiers, each coupled to a fully differential output driver to support waveform sampling with a commercial ADC. The chip also includes an experimental current readout capability to support fixed-bias potential operation of single-electron sensitive readout (SiSeRo) CCD output stages. We will present both the readout concept and circuit details for the MCRC-V1 ASIC.

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Sven Herrmann, Josephine Wong, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, R. Glenn Morris, Barry Burke, Gregory Prigozhin, Mike Cooper, David Craig, Kevan Donlon, Richard Foster, Andrew Malonis, Mark Bautz, and Steve Allen "MCRC V1: development of integrated readout electronics for next generation x-ray CCD detectors for future satellite observatories", Proc. SPIE 11454, X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy IX, 1145427 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561741

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