Active pixel sensors for imaging X-ray spectrometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 770-778

  Holl, Peter ^a,e   Fischer, Peter ^b   Hartmann, Robert ^a,e   Hasinger, Günther ^c   Kollmer, Johannes ^c,e   Krause, Norbert ^c,e   Lechner, Peter ^a,e   Lutz, Gerhard ^d,e   Meidinger, Norbert ^c,e   Peric, Ivan ^b   Richter, Rainer ^d,e   Soltau, Heike ^a   Strüder, Lothar ^c,e   Treis, Johannes ^c,e   Trümper, Joachim ^c   Wermes, Norbert ^b  

^a PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

Author keywords

CCDs; Drift detectors; Imaging; Pixel detectors; Spectroscopy; X ray; XEUS; XMM Newton

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS (APS);

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0037687439     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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