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Expected outcomes of APS developments for astrophysical instrumentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

P. Kern  and
G. Lepage
G. Lepage*
Affiliation:
CMOSIS nv, Belgium
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[email protected]
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Abstract

CCD technology is preferred for devices used for scientific applications, as CMOS devices were plagued by high dark current, high read noise, etc. Developments in the last 15 years have help circumventing these limitations and CMOS devices could now compete with some of their CCD counterpart.

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Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 37: Astrophysics Detector Workshop 2008 , 2009 , pp. 297 - 300
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2009

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