Print Email Facebook Twitter Readout of a 176 pixel FDM system for SAFARI TES arrays Title Readout of a 176 pixel FDM system for SAFARI TES arrays Author Hijmering, R. A. (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) den Hartog, R (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) Ridder, M. (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) Van Der Linden, A. J. (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) Van Der Kuur, J. (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) Gao, J.R. (TU Delft QN/Gao Lab; SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) Jackson, B. (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research) Contributor Zmuidzinas, J. (editor) Holland, W.S. (editor) Date 2016 Abstract In this paper we present the results of our 176-pixel prototype of the FDM readout system for SAFARI, a TES-based focal-plane instrument for the far-IR SPICA mission. We have implemented the knowledge obtained from the detailed study on electrical crosstalk reported previously. The effect of carrier leakage is reduced by a factor two, mutual impedance is reduced to below 1 nH and mutual inductance is removed. The pixels are connected in stages, one quarter of the array half of the array and the full array, to resolve intermediate technical issues. A semi-automated procedure was incorporated to find all optimal settings for all pixels. And as a final step the complete array has been connected and 132 pixels have been read out simultaneously within the frequency range of 1-3.8MHz with an average frequency separation of 16kHz. The noise was found to be detector limited and was not affected by reading out all pixels in a FDM mode. With this result the concept of using FDM for multiplexed bolometer read out for the SAFARI instrument has been demonstrated. Subject BolometersFDMReadoutSAFARISPICATES To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7ee3e211-f955-44b7-8594-27ace112acdc DOI https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231714 Publisher SPIE ISBN 978-151060207-6 Source Proceedings of SPIE: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 9914 Event Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 2016-06-28 → 2016-07-01, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 R. A. Hijmering, R den Hartog, M. Ridder, A. J. Van Der Linden, J. Van Der Kuur, J.R. Gao, B. Jackson Files PDF 99141C.pdf 756.39 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:7ee3e211-f955-44b7-8594-27ace112acdc/datastream/OBJ/view