DETECTOR TECHNOLOGIES

J.C. Pickel, Modeling Charge Collection in Detector Arrays, NASA/CR-2003-212504, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center , Marshall Space Flight Center, AL  35812, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC 20546-0001, June 2003, pp. 38

Keywords: radiation, FPA, CCD, detector, arrays, ionizing, Monte Carlo, transport, LET, charge, drift, diffusion

Abstract:  A detector array charge collection model has been developed for use as an engineering tool to aid in the design of optical sensor missions for operation in the space radiation environment.  This model is an enhancement of the prototype array charge collection model that was developed for the NGST program.  The primary enhancements were accounting for drift-assisted diffusion by Monte Carlo modeling techniques and implementing the modeling approaches in a windows-based code.  The modeling is concerned with integrated charge collection within discrete pixels in the focal plane array (FPA), with high fidelity spatial resolution.  It is applicable to all detector geometries including monolithic charge coupled devices (CCDs), Active Pixel Sensors (APS) and hybrid FPA geometries based on a detector array bump-bonded to a readout integrated circuit (ROIC).
 

    
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