# The following diagrams show the CCD geometry for the different readout modes. # # Single readout: # G # <--------------------------------> # A F # <----------------------><--------> # B C D E # <-> <--><> <> # ^ ^ +-----------------------+--------+ ^ ^ # | | | | | | e | # | c | | |--------| v | # | v | +----------------+ || || | # | | | | || o || | # | | | | || v || | # | | | | || e || | # a | | | | || r || | f # | | | | || s || | # | | | | || c || | # | | | | || a || | # | | +----------------+ || n || | # | ^ | |--------| | # | b | | | | ^ | # | | | | | | d | # v V *-----------------------+--------+ v v # # Quad readout (single frame): # G' # <---------------------------------> # A/2 F/2 F/2 A/2 # <---------><---><---><-----------> # B D 2*E D C # <-> <> < > <> <--> # ^ ^ *----------+----.----+------------* ^ ^ # | | | | . | | | e | # | c | | |----.----| | v | # | v | +-------+| |.| |+--------+ | | # a/2 | | | ||o |.|o || | | | f/2 # | | | 3 ||v |.|v || 4 | | | # | | | || |.| || | | | # | | | ||3 |.|4 || | | | # V ................................... v # ^ | | ||o |.|o || | | ^ # | | | 1 ||v |.|v || 2 | | | # | | | || |.| || | | | # a/2 | | +-------+|1 |.|2 |+--------+ | | f/2 # | ^ | || |.| || | | # | b | | |----.----| | ^ | # | | | | . | | | d | # v v *----------+----.----+------------* v V # # # Quad readout (four frames): # # G" G" # <--------------> <----------------> # A/2 F/2 F/2 A/2 # <---------><----> <----><----------> # B D E E D C # <-> <> <> <> <> <--> # ^ ^ *----------+----+ +----+------------* ^ ^ # | | | | | | | | | e | # | c | | |----| |----| | v | # a/2 | v | +-------+| || || |+--------+ | ^ | # | | | ||o || ||o || | | | | f/2 # | | | 3 ||v || ||v || 4 | | | | # | | | || || || || | | | | # V | | ||3 || ||4 || | | | | # +---------------+ +-----------------+ v v # # # +---------------+ +-----------------+ ^ ^ # ^ | | ||o || ||o || | | | | # | | | 1 ||v || ||v || 2 | | | | # | | | || || || || | | | | # | | +-------+|1 || ||2 |+--------+ | | | f/2 # a/2 | ^ | || || || || | v | # | b | | |----| |----| | ^ | # | | | | | | | | | d | # v v *----------+----+ +----+------------* v v # # Where # A = xdata a = ydata # B = txskip1 b = tyskip1 # C = txskip2 c = tyskip2 # D = bxskip1 d = byskip1 # E = bxskip2 e = byskip2 # F = xover f = yover = a # G = A + F # G' = A + F # G" = (A + F) / 2