Test Results of Preliminary CdZnTe Pixel Detectors for Possible Application to HXT on Constellation-X Mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 548-553

  Tumer, T O ^a   Finger, M H ^b   Gordon, E E ^c   Ramsey, B D ^d   Rhiger, D R ^c   Sharma, D P ^d  

^a Durham Scientific Crystals Ltd   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CdZnTe pixel detectors; Imaging x ray detectors; Mixed signal Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Multi channel mixed signal Integrated Circuit (IC); Pixel detectors; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ASTRONOMY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

CDZNTE PIXEL DETECTORS; IMAGING X-RAY DETECTORS; MIXED SIGNAL APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (ASIC); MULTI CHANNEL SIGNAL INTERGRATED CIRCUIT (IC); PIXEL DETECTORS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 1942487221     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.515619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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