WFC3 Flight Detectors
UVIS
- Components: 2x2Kx4K thinned, backside illuminated, UV optimized e2v CCDs
- Wavelength Range: 200 to 1000mn
- Total Field of View: 162 x 162 arcsec (rhomboidal)
- Pixel format: 2 butted 2051x4096, 35-pixel gap.
- Pixel Size: 15 microns
- Plate Scale: 0.04 arcsec/pixel
- Nominal Operating Temperature: -83C
- Dark Current: 0.16-0.41 e-/hour/pixel
- Readnoise: 3.1 e-
- Full Well: 75,000 - 80,000 e-
- Gain: 1.52 - 1.56 e-/ADU
- Instrument Throughput: UVIS filters
IR
- Components: 1Kx1K Teledyne HgCdTe FPA, MBE grown, substrate removed
- Wavelength Range: 900 to 1700 nm
- Total Field of View: 123 x 136 arcsec (rectangular)
- Pixel format: 1024x1024 (1014x1014 active)
- Pixel Size: 18 microns
- Plate Scale: 0.13 arcsec/pixel
- Nominal Operating Temperature: 145 K
- Dark Current: 0.011 (mode) 0.015 (median) e-/sec/pix
- Readnoise: 21 e- (CDS) 15.5 e- (16-read linear fit)
- Full Well: 93,000 e- (95% linearity)
- Gain: 2.5 e-/ADU
- Instrument Throughput: IR filters
Relevant Documents
UVIS
WFC3 Thermal Vacuum Testing: UVIS Broadband Flat Fields
ISR 2005-21, H. Bushouse 01 Jun 2005 (Pdf 1525 Kb)
WFC3 Thermal Vacuum Testing: UVIS Science Performance Monitor
ISR 2005-20, H. Bushouse, O. Lupie 24 May 2005 (Pdf 1311 Kb)
Results of WFC3 Thermal Vacuum Testing - UVIS Readnoise and Dark Current
ISR 2005-13, B. Hilbert, S. Baggett 28 Mar 2005 (Pdf 50 Kb)
WFC3 UVIS PSF Evaluation in Thermal-Vacuum Test #1
ISR 2005-10, G. Harting 03 Mar 2005 (Pdf 17948 Kb)
WFC3 Thermal Vac Testing: UVIS Gain Results
ISR 2005-08, S. Baggett 24 Feb 2005 (Pdf 42 Kb)
Results of WFC3 Thermal Vacuum Testing - UVIS Channel Throughput
ISR 2005-02, T. Brown, I. N. Reid 03 Feb 2005 (Pdf 104 Kb)
Results of WFC3 Thermal Vacuum Testing - UVIS Channel Ghosts
ISR 2005-01, T. Brown 02 Feb 2005 (Pdf 107 Kb)
Stability and Accuracy of the WFC3 UVIS Shutter
ISR 2004-14, B. Hilbert 20 Dec 2004 (Pdf 110 Kb)