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An Overview of CCD Development at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Fully depleted, back-illuminated charge-coupled devices fabricated at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on high-resistivity silicon are described. Device operation and technology are discussed, as well as the results on telescopes and future plans.

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Holland, S. An Overview of CCD Development at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Experimental Astronomy 14, 83–89 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EXPA.0000004341.11906.bf

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