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Introduction to CCDs
Claudio CumaniOptical Detector Team - European Southern Observatory
for ITMNR-5 Fifth International Topical Meeting on Neutron Radiography
Technische Universität München, Garching, July 26, 2004
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CCDs - Introduction
• Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) were invented in October 19, 1969, by William S. Boyle and George E. Smith at Bell Telephone Laboratories (“A new semiconductor device concept has been devised which shows promise of having wide application”, article on Bell System Technical Journal, 49, 587-593 (April 1970).
• CCDs are electronic devices, which work by converting light into electronic charge in a silicon chip (integrated circuit). This charge is digitised and stored as an image file on a computer.
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“Bucket brigade” analogy
RAIN (PHOTONS)
BUCKETS (PIXELS)
VERTICALCONVEYORBELTS(CCD COLUMNS)
HORIZONTALCONVEYOR BELT(SERIAL REGISTER)
METERING STATION(OUTPUT AMPLIFIER)
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Exposure finished, buckets now contain samples of rain.
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Conveyor belt starts turning and transfers buckets. Rain collected on the vertical conveyor is tipped into buckets on the horizontal conveyor.
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Vertical conveyor stops. Horizontal conveyor starts up and tips each bucket in turn into the metering station.
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After each bucket has been measured, the metering station is emptied, ready for the next bucket load.
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A new set of empty buckets is set up on the horizontal conveyor and the process is repeated.
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CCD structure
• A CCD is a two-dimensional array of metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitors
• The charges are stored in the depletion region of the MOS capacitors
• Charges are moved in the CCD circuit by manipulating the voltages on the gates of the capacitors so as to allow the charge to spill from one capacitor to the next (thus the name “charge-coupled” device)
• A charge detection amplifier detects the presence of the charge packet, providing an output voltage that can be processed
• The CCD is a serial device where charge packets are read one at a time.
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CCD structure - 1
Charge motion
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Parallel (vertical) registers
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Image area(exposed to light)
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CCD structure - 2
One pixel
Channel stops to define the columns of the image
Transparenthorizontal electrodesto define the pixels vertically. Also used to transfer the charge during readout
Plan View
Cross section
ElectrodeInsulating oxiden-type silicon
p-type silicon
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Photomicrograph of a corner of an EEV CCD
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Full-Frame CCD
Charge motion
Charge motion
Image area = parallel registers
Masked area = serial register
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Frame-Transfer CCD
Image areaStorage (masked) area
Serial registerCharge motion
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Interline-Transfer CCDImage areaStorage (masked) area
Serial register
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Basic CCD functions
• Charge generation
photoelectric effect• Charge collection
potential well• Charge transfer
potential well• Charge detection
sense node capacitance
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Photoelectric Effect - 1
Atoms in a silicon crystal have electronsarranged in discrete energy bands:• Valence Band• Conduction Band
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Photoelectric Effect - 2
• The electrons in the valence band can be excited into the conduction band by heating or by the absorption of a photon
photon photon
Hole Electron
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Diode junction: the n-type layer contains an excess of electrons that diffuse into the p-layer. The p-layer contains an excess of holes that diffuse into the n-layer (depletion region, region where majority charges are ‘depleted’ relative to their concentrations well away from the junction’).The diffusion creates a charge imbalance and induces an internal electric field (Buried Channel).
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Potential Well - 1
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During integration of the image, one of the electrodes in each pixel is held at a positive potential. This further increases the potential in the silicon below that electrode and it is here that the photoelectrons are accumulated. The neighboring electrodes, with their lower potentials, act as potential barriers that define the vertical boundaries of the pixel. The horizontal boundaries are defined by the channel stops.
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Photons entering the CCD create electron-hole pairs. The electrons are then attracted towards the most positive potential in the device where they create ‘charge packets’. Each packet corresponds to one pixel
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Performance functions
• Charge generationQuantum Efficiency (QE), Dark Current
• Charge collectionfull well capacity, pixels size, pixel uniformity, defects, diffusion (Modulation TransferFunction, MTF)
• Charge transferCharge transfer efficiency (CTE),defects
• Charge detectionReadout Noise (RON), linearity
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Photon absorption length
c: beyond this wavelength CCDs become insensitive.
Semiconductor T (K) (ECond – EVal) (eV) c (nm)
CdS 295 2.4 500
CdSe 295 1.8 700
GaAs 295 1.35 920
Si 295 1.12 1110
Ge 295 0.67 1850
PbS 295 0.42 2950
InSb 295 0.18 6900
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(Thick) front-side illuminated CCDs
• low QE (reflection and absorption of light in the surface electrodes)
• No anti-reflective coating possible (for electrode structure)
• Poor blue response
n-type silicon
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Polysilicon electrodes
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(Thin) back-side illuminated CCDs
• Silicon chemically etched and polished down to a thickness of about 15microns.• Light enters from the rear and so the electrodes do not obstruct the photons. The QE
can approach 100% .• Become transparent to near infra-red light and poor red response• Response can be boosted by the application of anti-reflective coating on the thinned
rear-side• Expensive to produce
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Silicon dioxide insulating layerPolysilicon electrodes
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Front vs. Back side CCD QE
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CCD QE and neutron detectors - 1
Phosphor/Scintillators from “Applied Scintillation Technologies” data sheets (www.appscintech.com)
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CCD QE and neutron detectors - 2
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Dark current
• Thermally generated electrons are indistinguishable from photo-generated electrons : “Dark Current” (noise)
• Cool the CCD down!!!
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Full well - 1
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Full well - 2
Blooming
Bloomed star images
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CTE - 1
• Percentage of charge which is really transferred.
• “n” 9s: five 9s = 99,99999%
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CTE - 2
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Read-Out NoiseMainly caused by thermally induced motions of electrons in the output amplifier. These cause small noise voltages to appear on the output. This noise source, known as Johnson Noise, can be reduced by cooling the output amplifier or by decreasing its electronic bandwidth. Decreasing the bandwidth means that we must take longer to measure the charge in each pixel, so there is always a trade-off between low noise performance and speed of readout.
The graph below shows the trade-off between noise and readout speed for an EEV4280 CCD.
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CCD defects - 2
Dark columns: caused by ‘traps’ that block the vertical transfer of charge during image readout.
Traps can be caused by crystal boundaries in the silicon of the CCD or by manufacturing defects.
Although they spoil the chip cosmetically, dark columns are not a big problem (removed by calibration).
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CCD defects - 2
Cosmic rays
Cluster ofHot Spots
BrightColumn
Bright columns are also caused by traps . Electrons contained in such traps can leak out during readout causing a vertical streak.
Hot Spots are pixels with higher than normal dark current. Their brightness increases linearly with exposure times
Somewhat rarer are light-emitting defects which are hot spots that act as tiny LEDS and cause a halo of light on the chip.
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CCD defects - 3
Dark column
Hot spots and bright columns
Bright first image row caused byincorrect operation of signalprocessing electronics.
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CCDs:
- small, compact, rugged, stable, low-power devices
- excellent, near-perfect sensitivity over a wide range in wavelengths
- wide dynamic range (from low to high light levels)
- no image distortion (pixel fixed by construction)
- easily connected to computer
“The CCD is an almost perfect detector”
Ian S. McLean - Craig Mackay
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“The only uniform CCD is a dead CCD”
Craig Mackay
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CCD Calibration - 1
• Bias: exposure time = 0, no lightshows variations in electronic response across the CCD
• Flat Field: exposure time 0, uniform lightshows variations in the sensitivity of the pixels across the CCD
• Dark Frame: exposure time 0, no lightshows variations in dark current generation across the CCD
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CCD calibration - 2
Dark Frame Flat Field
Dark frame shows a number of bright defects on the chipFlat field shows a pattern on the chip created during manufacture and a slight loss of sensitivity in two corners of the imageSome dust spots are also visible
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CCD calibration - 3
Flat Field Image
Bias Image
Flat-Dark-Bias
Science -Dark-Bias Output Image
Flat-Dark-Bias
Sc-Dark-Bias
Dark Frame
Science Frame
If there is significant dark current present:
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CCD Calibration - 4If negligible dark current
Flat Field Image
Bias Image
Flat-Bias
Science -Bias
Output Image
Flat-Bias
Science -Bias
Science Frame
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Acknowledgments• pictures at pages 4-27, 30, 36-37, 39-47, have been taken or adapted from: Simon Tulloch,
"Activity 1 : Introduction to CCDs“,
• pictures at pages 50-52, 56-57, 61-63, 67-69 have been taken or adapted from: Simon Tulloch, "Activity 2 : Use of CCD Cameras“
• pictures at pages 55, 60, 70 have been taken or adapted from: Simon Tulloch, "Activity 3 : Advanced CCD Techniques"
Simon Tulloch’s documents are available at http://www.iai.heig-vd.ch/~fwi/temp/http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~hodapp/UHH-ASTR-450/
• picture at page 31 has been taken from: Howell, S.B, "Handbook of CCD Astronomy", Cambridge University Press
• pictures at pages 32-34 have been adapted from http://www.ccd-sensor.de/index.html
• picture at page 49 has been taken from: Rieke, G.H. 1994, "Detection of Light: From the Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter", Cambridge University Press
• pictures at pages 53 have been taken from: "Applied Scintillation Technologies” data sheets available at http://www.appscintech.com
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