Design And Evaluation Of An Soi Pixel Sensor For Triggerdriven Xray Readout

• doi: 10.1109/TNS.2012.2225072
• title: Design and Evaluation of an SOI Pixel Sensor for Trigger-Driven X-Ray Readout
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn:
• issn: 1558-1578
• rank: 2097
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Journals
• abstract: We have been developing a monolithic active pixel sensor with the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS technology for use in future X-ray astronomical satellite missions. This sensor is called XRPIX. Our objective is to replace the X-ray CCD, which is currently the standard detector in the field, with the developed XRPIX, which offers high coincidence time resolution (~ 50 ns), superior hit-position readout time (~ 10 μs), and wide bandpass (0.5-40 keV), in addition to having comparable performance in terms of imaging spectroscopy. In our previous study, we built a prototype sensor called XRPIX1 and confirmed its basic X-ray imaging spectroscopy performance in a mode that read out the entire area (all pixels). The next step is to realize a high-speed, intelligent readout for X-ray detection. XRPIX1 comprises a trigger circuit for each pixel, so as to detect an X-ray photon injection; this system is capable of direct access to selected pixels to read out the signal amplitude. We describe the design of the trigger circuitry system and report on the first resolved X-ray spectra obtained in the trigger-driven readout mode.
• article_number: 6407484
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6407484
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6407484/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6407484/
• publication_title: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
• conference_location:
• conference_dates:
• publication_number: 23
• is_number: 6496234
• publication_year: 2013
• publication_date: April 2013
• start_page: 586
• end_page: 591
• citing_paper_count: 30
• citing_patent_count: 0
• download_count: 759
• insert_date: 20130109
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Detectors
    • Timing
    • Noise
    • Threshold voltage
    • Field programmable gate arrays
    • Energy resolution
    • Silicon on insulator technology
  • author_terms:
    • Active pixel sensor (APS)
    • correlated double sampling (CDS)
    • intra-pixel trigger function
    • silicon-on-insulator (SOI) pixel sensor
    • X-ray astronomy
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Sensor Pixel
    • Imaging Spectroscopy
    • High Time Resolution
    • Silicon-on-insulator
    • Buried Oxide
    • Space Telescope
    • Space Observatory
    • Field Detector
    • Sensor Prototype
    • Future Satellite
    • Signal-to-noise
    • Signal-to-noise Ratio
    • Low-pass
    • Low-pass Filter
    • Threshold Voltage
    • Energy Resolution
    • Cosmic Rays
    • Cosmic Radiation
    • Shift Register
    • Pulse Height
    • Readout Circuit
    • Low-energy Limit
    • Readout Noise
• authors:
  • Author Name: Ayaki Takeda
    Affiliation: School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Graduate University of Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37276837000
    ID: 37276837000
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Graduate University of Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan
    • Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
  • Author Name: Yasuo Arai
    Affiliation: Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268816400
    ID: 37268816400
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
  • Author Name: Syukyo Gando Ryu
    Affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085411715
    ID: 37085411715
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Author Name: Shinya Nakashima
    Affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37954705700
    ID: 37954705700
    Order: 4
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Author Name: Takeshi Go Tsuru
    Affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37948128500
    ID: 37948128500
    Order: 5
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Author Name: Toshifumi Imamura
    Affiliation: A-R-Tec Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37702373500
    ID: 37702373500
    Order: 6
    Author Affiliations:
    • A-R-Tec Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Author Name: Takafumi Ohmoto
    Affiliation: A-R-Tec Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37347985100
    ID: 37347985100
    Order: 7
    Author Affiliations:
    • A-R-Tec Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Author Name: Atsushi Iwata
    Affiliation: A-R-Tec Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37278103700
    ID: 37278103700
    Order: 8
    Author Affiliations:
    • A-R-Tec Corporation, Hiroshima, Japan

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: SOI CMOS
• resolution: not specified
• dynamic_range: not specified
• pixel_size: not specified
• dark_current: about 70 electrons RMS at 22.2 keV (indirect indication)

Optical Data

• focal_length: not specified
• aperture: not specified
• field_of_view: not specified
• distortion: not specified

Performance Metrics

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: not specified
• benefits: high coincidence time resolution (<50 ns), superior hit-position readout time (<10 μs), wide bandpass (0.5–40 keV)

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: KEK Detector Technology Project (DTP), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: April 2013

Relevancy Score

• score: 8
• missing_fields:
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  • dynamic_range
  • pixel_size
  • focal_length
  • aperture
  • field_of_view
  • distortion
  • frame_rate
  • signal_to_noise_ratio
  • sensitivity
  • shutter_speed
  • power_consumption
  • noise

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