European Space Telescope Relies on e2v CCD

Electronics Weekly: The Corot orbiting space telescope has discovered the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System. The planet, which is less than twice the size of Earth, was identified using an array of four e2v CCDs. The CCDs are FT matrices of 2048 x 4096 pixels working in visible light in the MPP (Multi Phase Pin) mode at temperature -40C. The 13.5µm-sized pixels are back illuminated in improve QE in 370-950nm spectral range.