First Performance Evaluation Of An Xray Soi Pixel Sensor For Imaging Spectroscopy And Intrapixel Trigger

• doi: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2160970
• title: First Performance Evaluation of an X-Ray SOI Pixel Sensor for Imaging Spectroscopy and Intra-Pixel Trigger
• publisher: IEEE
• isbn:
• issn: 1558-1578
• rank: 2498
• access_type: LOCKED
• content_type: Journals
• abstract: We have been developing a monolithic active pixel sensor with the 0.2 $\mu{\rm m}$ Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) CMOS technology, called SOIPIX, for the wide-band X-ray imaging spectroscopy on future astronomical satellites. SOIPIX includes a thin CMOS-readout-array layer and a thick high-resistivity Si-sensor layer stacked vertically on a single chip. This arrangement allows for fast and intelligent readout circuitries on-chip, providing advantages over the charge-coupled device (CCD). We have designed and built a new SOIPIX prototype XRPIX1 for X-ray detection. XRPIX1 implements a correlated double sampling (CDS) readout circuit in each pixel to suppress the reset noise. We obtained an energy resolution of full width at half maximum of 1.2 keV (5.4%) at 22 keV with a chip having a 147 $\mu{\rm m}$ sensor depletion at a back bias of 100 V cooled to $-50^{\circ}{\rm C}$. Moreover, XRPIX1 offers intra-pixel hit trigger (timing) and two-dimensional hit-pattern (position) outputs. We also confirmed the trigger capability by irradiating a single pixel with laser light.
• article_number: 5975231
• pdf_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=5975231
• html_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5975231/
• abstract_url: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5975231/
• publication_title: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
• conference_location:
• conference_dates:
• publication_number: 23
• is_number: 6041076
• publication_year: 2011
• publication_date: Oct. 2011
• start_page: 2528
• end_page: 2536
• citing_paper_count: 41
• citing_patent_count: 0
• download_count: 517
• insert_date: 20110804
• index_terms:
  • ieee_terms:
    • Pixel
    • Energy resolution
    • Noise
    • X-ray imaging
    • Timing
    • Charge coupled devices
    • Performance evaluation
  • author_terms:
    • Active pixel sensor (APS)
    • correlated double sampling (CDS)
    • depletion depth
    • intra-pixel trigger
    • readout noise
    • Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI)
    • X-ray
  • dynamic_index_terms:
    • Imaging Spectroscopy
    • Sensor Pixel
    • CCD Camera
    • Charge-coupled Device
    • Energy Resolution
    • CMOS Technology
    • Single Chip
    • Readout Circuit
    • Low-pass
    • Low-pass Filter
    • White Noise
    • X-ray Spectroscopy
    • X-ray Spectrometer
    • Systematic Errors
    • Time Resolution
    • Quantum Efficiency
    • Statistical Error
    • Electron Hole Pairs
    • Thermal Noise
    • Current Noise
    • Voltage Signal
    • Noise Components
    • Adjacent Pixels
    • Sensor Noise
    • Readout Noise
    • End Of Frame
    • Analog Output
    • Output Gain
    • Wide Energy Range
    • Hard X-ray
    • Total Noise
    • X-ray Energy
• authors:
  • Author Name: Syukyo Gando Ryu
    Affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085411715
    ID: 37085411715
    Order: 1
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
  • Author Name: Takeshi Go Tsuru
    Affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37948128500
    ID: 37948128500
    Order: 2
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
  • Author Name: Shinya Nakashima
    Affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37954705700
    ID: 37954705700
    Order: 3
    Author Affiliations:
    • Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan
  • Author Name: Ayaki Takeda
    Affiliation: School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37276837000
    ID: 37276837000
    Order: 4
    Author Affiliations:
    • School of High Energy Accelerator Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Author Name: Yasuo Arai
    Affiliation: Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37268816400
    ID: 37268816400
    Order: 5
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Author Name: Toshinobu Miyoshi
    Affiliation: Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37594760900
    ID: 37594760900
    Order: 6
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Author Name: Ryo Ichimiya
    Affiliation: Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38198424300
    ID: 38198424300
    Order: 7
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Author Name: Yukiko Ikemoto
    Affiliation: Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37970523100
    ID: 37970523100
    Order: 8
    Author Affiliations:
    • Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Author Name: Hironori Matsumoto
    Affiliation: Center for Experimental Studies, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37087149580
    ID: 37087149580
    Order: 9
    Author Affiliations:
    • Center for Experimental Studies, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
  • Author Name: Toshifumi Imamura
    Affiliation: A-R-Tec Corporation, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37702373500
    ID: 37702373500
    Order: 10
    Author Affiliations:
    • A-R-Tec Corporation, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Author Name: Takafumi Ohmoto
    Affiliation: A-R-Tec Corporation, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37347985100
    ID: 37347985100
    Order: 11
    Author Affiliations:
    • A-R-Tec Corporation, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Author Name: Atsushi Iwata
    Affiliation: A-R-Tec Corporation, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
    Author URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37278103700
    ID: 37278103700
    Order: 12
    Author Affiliations:
    • A-R-Tec Corporation, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Image Sensor

• sensor_type: SOI Pixel Sensor
• resolution: 32x32 pixels
• dynamic_range: Not specified
• pixel_size: 1 mm
• dark_current: Not specified

Optical Data

• focal_length: Not specified
• aperture: Not specified
• field_of_view: Not specified
• distortion: Not specified

Performance Metrics

• noise: 129 electrons rms after cooling

Applications & Benefits

• cell_imaging: Used for X-ray imaging and spectroscopy in astronomical satellites.
• benefits: High energy resolution; fast and intelligent readout circuits improve timing and reduce non-X-ray background.

Supporting Organizations

• supported_by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), KEK Detector Technology Project, JSPS KAKENHI, MEXT Grant-in-Aid.

Manuscript Details

• publication_date: Oct. 2011

Relevancy Score

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

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