CFHT, Instruments, Detectors, CCDs, EEV1

CFHT CCD EEV1

EEV1 is a backside-illuminated, 2K x 4.5K x 13.5µ pixel CCD. It is currently used on Gecko and MOS, but will be dedicated to ESPaDOnS in 2004B. Since it does not have a serial CTE problem like EEV2, EEV1 is a better astronomical detector, even if its quantum efficiency is slightly lower than EEV2.

QE Curve

Device details:

Serial number: 8261-3-3
Device type code: CCD42-90-1-941
Received at CFHT on 03/03/1999
Device grade: G1 (science)
Thinned?: Yes
Backside passivation: Boron implant
AR coating: Yes
Pixel size: 13.5 µ
Number of columns: 2048
Number of rows: 4500
Cosmetic defects: TBD
Operating Temperature: -100C
Bias Level ~600 ADUs
Readout Time: 90s (Full Raster)
Readout noise: ~3.0e-
Gain: 1.894 e-/ADU
Well depth: ~90,000 e-
Linearity: <0.2
Horizontal CTE: 0.999994
Vertical CTE: Excellent
Dark Current: ~1.5 e-/pix/hr



Important information:

Fringing for EEV chips (fits files and plots)