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The above plot shows the variation of the bias level, standard light-source (note that often a beta-light is used which, due to radioactive decay, will fade), gain, read-out noise, shutter error, and linearity error as a function of time. The values for the bias, gain and read-out noise are plotted along with the associated measurement error. The blue dashed line in the plots shows the mean value of all the points, while the dotted blue line shows the standard deviation of this distribution. The blue and red points in the bottom plot show the maximum deviations in a positive and negative sense wrt the least-squares fit of the linearity data. Plotted vertically on the bottom of the graph is the date (dd/mm) on which the test was made.

For printing, the above plot is also available in postscript format . The raw data can also be viewed in a tabular format.


Standard CCD Test

Below we show the most recent test.

*** MIDAS logfile (05SEPpl1.2) *** Mo, 08 May 2006   23:03:58   Page 1
 
 
*** MIDAS logfile (vers. 05SEPpl1.2) *** Mo, 08 May 2006   23:04:57   Page 2
 
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     SUMMARY STANDARD TEST CCD#rA2 TAKEN ON 060508 IN fastcd MODE
     ==========================================================
 
      BIAS
      ====
 
      5 biases at start test: average = 327.69 stddev =  11.15 
               FIERA temperature = 289.9 K                   
      There were 0 hot pixels/columns detected
 
 
      TRANSFER FUNCTION AND LINEARITY DATA
      ====================================
 
  Table : Std_fastcd_rA2_060508 
 Sequence Exp_tim1  Med_cnt1  Med_cnt2  Variance  Frc_cnt1  Frc_cnt2  el_adu1  
 -------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
        1      1.06    1846.9    1847.7    1506.4     -0.28     -0.28      1.23
        2      2.13    3573.9    3574.1    2782.3      0.29      0.29      1.28
        3      4.25    6989.7    6991.0    5355.8      0.13      0.14      1.31
        4      6.38   10423.3   10423.9    7983.2      0.23      0.23      1.31
        5      9.57   15556.7   15556.7   11589.4      0.20      0.20      1.34
        6     12.77   20703.6   20702.4   15346.0      0.24      0.24      1.35
        7     15.96   25820.5   25820.8   18833.7      0.16      0.16      1.37
        8     21.28   34317.1   34318.8   24563.0     -0.03     -0.02      1.40
        9     26.59   42740.8   42746.7   29912.8     -0.30     -0.29      1.43
       10     31.91   51086.7   51086.0   34493.6     -0.64     -0.64      1.48
 -------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
 
      Dynamic range explored: from 2722 to 75276 e-
      Average count rate measured: 1606 ADU/sec.
 
      CONV. FACTOR AND RON
      ====================
 
      C.Fact =   1.47 +/-   0.02 e-/ADU
 
      RON    =  16.43 +/-   0.25 e- RMS
 
 
      SHUTTER ERROR
      =============
 
 Average shutter error derived from fractional count rate =  0.092 sec
 
 
      LINEARITY ERROR
      ===============
 
 Average linearity error after shutter correct. = + 0.29/-0.64 %
 
 These errors represent maximum deviation in % from the average
 count rate after correction for shutter delay

In addition, the previous standard tests are available. Click in the table below to access these files.

1 2 3 4 5 6 Standard Tests
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050107.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050115.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050123.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050130.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050205.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050228.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050304.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050313.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050417.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050426.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050428.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050621.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050623.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050629.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050706.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050717.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050722.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050727.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050807.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050819.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050904.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050907.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050914.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050921.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 050928.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 051008.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 051014.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 051020.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 051027.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 051104.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 051229.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060109.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060119.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060120.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060127.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060204.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060216.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060220.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060308.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060317.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060329.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060406.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps
aver.ps cbias.ps
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060505.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060506.txt
aver.ps cbias.ps hist.ps lin1.ps lin2.ps trans.ps 060508.txt

In the above table, the postscript files are:

Column
Number
Description
1 Average of the rows and cols. of the bias image
2 Combined bias frame of 5 bias images
3 Histogram of the bias image
4 Plots of exposure sequence, unedited transfer and raw linearity
5 Plots of filtered linearity and differential non-linearity in
6 Filtered transfer curves for both data sets

Note: filtered means that saturated images or deviating too much from the other data, if present, have been removed.




Long CCD Test

Below are the results of the long tests carried out by ODT. Be warned that these are large compressed tar files, and are of specialised interest. To download, press the shift key and click on the hypertext link with your middle mouse button.

Long Tests


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