SIDECAR ASIC Characterization Dan Pontillo

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SIDECAR ASIC CharacterizationDan Pontillo

• Goals
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• Plan
• Results
• Background
• The SIDECAR ASIC was developed by Teledyne
  Scientific Imaging, LLC in an effort to
  streamline the normally bulky and power-hungry
  focal plane-electronics which are used to control
  imaging sensors.
• The SIDECAR can generate the necessary clock
  signals and bias voltages needed to operate the
  detector while simultaneously digitizing detector
  outputs.
• Reducing the size and mass of the detector
  control electronics is important in space
  missions which have mass limits. This device will
  be used on the Hubble Space Telescope. The
  SIDECAR will be used on the James Webb Telescope
  as well.

ABOVE Detector control electronics built by
Astronomical Research Cameras, Inc. The SIDECAR
has the same capability as this set of
electronics.
ABOVE Sidecar ASIC. All signal conditioning,
clock/bias generation and digitization hardware
is self-contained in this small chip.

• Testing
• The Sidecar ASICs baseline performance must be
  measured and tested with respect to its various
  modes of operation, firmware settings and
  experimental setups.
• The Sidecars firmware must also be pared down
  to a simple linear readout format, minimizing the
  amount of noise from signal conditioning and
  processing.
• Once a baseline operational mode is achieved,
  the Sidecar is subjected to a battery of standard
  tests for digitization hardware and analog
  electronics.
• These tests will be important in determining the
  optimal configuration for the SIDECAR for any
  given application. Thus allowing us to better
  control imaging sensors and optimizing their
  performance.

ABOVE Sidecar ASIC performance specification
table
ABOVE SIDECAR read noise results from two
distinct setups in an experiment to remove a
noise pattern. In this experiment, one input
channel on the SIDECAR was fed a 1V DC signal
from a power supply. In SETUP A the ASIC was
powered by an AC/DC converter via the USB cable.
In SETUP B the SIDECAR is powered by the laptop
battery via the USB cable. The noise difference
in the two setups can be attributed to the power
source for the ASIC. This is an example of the
tests needed to be preformed to determine the
optimal operation of the SIDECAR.
The SIDECAR ASIC focal plane electronics on a
single chip Markus Loose et al.,     Proc. SPIE
Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5904, 59040V (2005) (10
pages)