Alpha particle, proton and x-ray damage in fully depleted pn-junction ccd detectors for x-ray imaging and spectroscopy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 1, 1998, Pages 2849-2856

  Meidinger, Norbert ^a   Schmalhofer, Bernhard ^a   Strüder, Lothar ^a  

^a MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRAPS; POINT DEFECTS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION HARDENING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); X RAY IMAGING;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0032317372     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.736538     Document Type: Article

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