Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM83) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

James R. Janesick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0819436984 | ISBN-13: 978-0819436986 | Edition: 1

The invention of the charge-coupled device 30 years ago was the beginning of a remarkable image capture technology that has changed the course of imaging in fields ranging from astronomy to biotechnology. This book presents a comprehensive history, tutorial, and state-of-the-art description of CCDs and is intended for scientists, engineers, imaging hardware managers, and graduate students.

Contents

- Preface
- History, Operation, Performance, Design, Fabrication and Theory
- CCD Transfer Curves and Optimization
- Charge Generation
- Charge Collection
- Charge Transfer
- Charge Measurement
- Noise Sources
- Damage
- Appendices
- Glossary of CCD Terms
- Index

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About the Author

James R. Janesick has written more than 75 publications on CCDs, including many NASA Tech Briefs, and holds 12 patents for various CCD innovations. During his 22 years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he focused on scientific CCDs and support electronics used in many NASA spaceborne imaging systems, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Galileo and Cassini projects. Janesick received NASA medals for Exceptional Engineering Achievement in 1982 and 1992.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 920 pages
• Publisher: SPIE Publications; 1 edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819436984
• ISBN-13: 978-0819436986
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.6 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #699,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Practical and Theoretical Reference on Charge-Coupled Devices, July 22, 2006

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Utah Blaine (Somewhere on Trexalon in District 268) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM83) (Hardcover)

Everything you wanted to know about designing and building CCD cameras is contained in this book. Details of how the device works (from a solid-state physics/EE perspective) are outlined. Janesick describes the fundamental operation of the devices: how the charge is generated, collected, transfered, and read out. This book is also a practical manual as well and contains circuit diagrams and lots of useful tips and gotchas for building a working, low-noise, state of the art CCD camera. CCDs have, at some level, been displaced by CMOS imagers and other types of sensors, but anyone working with these technologies will find a wealth of knowledge in this tome. I would highly recommend this book to any professional working with any type of solid-state imager. The author, while working at JPL and elsewhere, played a critical role in the development of scientific grade CCDs over the past twenty years. This book represents the culmination of lectures, monographs, and professional papers that he wrote over twenty years or more in the field. It is really a core dump of all his accumulated knowledge. Be warned that this is an advanced book, suitable for graduate students or professionals (primarily EEs and astrophysicists) working with CCDs and other solid state imagers in either the astronomical or defense fields. If you are an amateur trying to put a CCD camera on the back of a telescope in your backyard to look at Mars, or you know a bit about electronics and want to learn how your digital camera works, this is not the book for you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny., January 27, 2004

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WAU (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM83) (Hardcover)

Absolutely fabulous reference for anyone interested in how CCDs work, and how to make them work. I highly recommend this as a resource: the material is purely technical and laden with physics and math... not a layman's explanation. Also has great experience to relate and plenty of practical information on getting your system performance up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CCD Reference, May 29, 2002

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This review is from: Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM83) (Hardcover)

This book is great. It gives plenty of information to understand what a CCD is and how it works. It is easy to read, and there are plenty of examples of calculations to help understand the physics of the CCD.