@inproceedings{9b49d74a2ba9498283b72db580017583,
title = "The focal plane camera for tREXS",
abstract = "The Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS) are a series of sub-orbital rocket payloads that will aim to make large field-of-view spectroscopic observations of diffuse soft X-ray astrophysical objects. The tREXS payloads will passively focus X-rays onto a co-Aligned array of reflection gratings, dispersing the incident X-rays onto a focal plane camera. The large focal plane requires the detector to cover a large area (100s of mm), have good quantum efficiency across the soft X-ray energy range (300 eV to 1000 eV), and survive the high-stress environment of a sub-orbital rocket launch. This paper will look at the options that were considered for this focal plane detector including Micro-Channel Plates, Charge-Coupled Devices, and CMOS detectors; including the use of commercially available camera solutions from companies such as Andor. The final choice for the focal plane camera will then be discussed in detail including the ultimate decisions behind the choice, system level integration into the payload design, and the requirements on the readout electronics, telemetry interface, and power.",
author = "Tutt, {James H.} and Miles, {Drew M.} and McEntaffer, {Randall M.} and Tyler Anderson and Matthew Weiss and O'Meara, {Bridget C.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge NASA APRA grant number 80NSSC18K0282 that has made this work possible. We would also like to acknowledge Sensor Sciences and teledyne-e2v for their help in providing information for the cost-benefit analysis. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI 2019 ; Conference date: 11-08-2019 Through 13-08-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.1117/12.2529555",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Siegmund, {Oswald H.}",
booktitle = "UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI",
address = "United States",
}