Development of Space Qualified Signal Processing Readout Electronics for HabWorlds and Origins Space Telescope Detector and Arrays
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| author | Jamison-Hooks, Tracee Miles, Lynn Newman-Bailey, Sanetra Basha, Oketa Karthikeyan, Abarna Kay, Sarah E. Bryan, Sean Mauskopf, Philip Essinger-Hileman, Thomas Glen, Jason Dahal, Sumit Sinclair, Adrian Chamberlain, Kathryn |
| author_facet | Jamison-Hooks, Tracee Miles, Lynn Newman-Bailey, Sanetra Basha, Oketa Karthikeyan, Abarna Kay, Sarah E. Bryan, Sean Mauskopf, Philip Essinger-Hileman, Thomas Glen, Jason Dahal, Sumit Sinclair, Adrian Chamberlain, Kathryn |
| contents | The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) -- a flagship ultraviolet/optical/infrared space telescope recommended by the National Academies' Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics -- will require detector technologies capable of supporting significantly larger pixel-count arrays than previous missions. Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs), naturally suited to microwave multiplexing readout, are already in use across several balloon-borne missions with FPGA based systems. To transition this capability to space, we are developing a radiation-hardened detector readout system that builds directly on the technical and environmental requirements defined by the PRIMA mission. PRIMA serves as a critical pathfinder, informing the radiation tolerance, resource constraints, and on-board processing capabilities needed for HWO. In this work, we present our current results on algorithm implementation, hardware architecture, and firmware development using the radiation-hardened AMD Kintex Ultrascale FPGA, aligning with PRIMA's stringent specifications to ensure compatibility with future space-based observatories like HWO. |
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| spellingShingle | Development of Space Qualified Signal Processing Readout Electronics for HabWorlds and Origins Space Telescope Detector and Arrays Jamison-Hooks, Tracee Miles, Lynn Newman-Bailey, Sanetra Basha, Oketa Karthikeyan, Abarna Kay, Sarah E. Bryan, Sean Mauskopf, Philip Essinger-Hileman, Thomas Glen, Jason Dahal, Sumit Sinclair, Adrian Chamberlain, Kathryn Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Detectors Space Physics The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) -- a flagship ultraviolet/optical/infrared space telescope recommended by the National Academies' Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics -- will require detector technologies capable of supporting significantly larger pixel-count arrays than previous missions. Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs), naturally suited to microwave multiplexing readout, are already in use across several balloon-borne missions with FPGA based systems. To transition this capability to space, we are developing a radiation-hardened detector readout system that builds directly on the technical and environmental requirements defined by the PRIMA mission. PRIMA serves as a critical pathfinder, informing the radiation tolerance, resource constraints, and on-board processing capabilities needed for HWO. In this work, we present our current results on algorithm implementation, hardware architecture, and firmware development using the radiation-hardened AMD Kintex Ultrascale FPGA, aligning with PRIMA's stringent specifications to ensure compatibility with future space-based observatories like HWO. |
| title | Development of Space Qualified Signal Processing Readout Electronics for HabWorlds and Origins Space Telescope Detector and Arrays |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Instrumentation and Detectors Space Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00322 |