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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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46.1 Introduction
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tube, electron beam readout devices such as vidicons and Silicon-intensier target (SIT) tubes) are high
quantum eciency (QE), high linearity, large dynamic range, relatively uniform cosmetic response, low
noise, and intrinsically digital image capture.
CCDs were initially designed as serial data storage media (an elec
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