Infrared detector assemblies for the tropospheric emission spectrometer

Author

Bruce, Carl F. ; Bajaj, J. ; Lee, D. ; Pepper, T.A. ; Chu, G. ; McLevige, W.V. ; Edwall, D.D. ; McGregor, L.A. ; Weissbard, W. ; Hildebrandt, G. ; Blackwell, J.D. ; Bhargava, S. ; Gil, V. ; Cooper, D.E. ; Spariosu, K. ; Arias, J.M. ; Tennant, W.E. ; Vural

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

193

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and its mission, as a part of NASA´s Earth Observing System. It presents, in detail, the design, fabrication and performance of the Infrared Focal Plane Assembly (IRFPA) used in this instrument. There are four IRFPAs, each covering one of four infrared spectral bands (3.3-5.3, 5.1-9.1, 8.3-12.2 and 11.1-15.4 μm). Each IRFPA consists of a 16-element detector array, a detector package, and a differential JFET buffered transimpedance amplifier for each element with a flex-print cable that connects the cold detector package to the warm amplifier board

Keywords

Fourier transform spectrometers; atmospheric measuring apparatus; differential amplifiers; focal planes; infrared detectors; infrared spectrometers; preamplifiers; 11.1 to 15.4 micron; 16-element detector array; 3.3 to 5.3 micron; 5.1 to 9.1 micron; 8.3 to 12.2 micron; IRFPA; VMEbus; cold detector package; design; detector package; differential JFET buffered transimpedance amplifier; fabrication; flex-print cable; imaging FT spectrometer; infrared detector assemblies; performance; pointing control system; preamplifier; radiation testing; thermal control system; tropospheric emission spectrometer; warm amplifier board; Assembly; Differential amplifiers; Earth Observing System; Fabrication; Infrared detectors; Infrared spectra; Instruments; Packaging; Sensor arrays; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5846-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2000.879847

Filename

879847