A novel position and time sensing active pixel sensor with field-assisted electron collection for charged particle tracking and electron microscopy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 568, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-175

  De Geronimo, G ^a   Deptuch, G ^a   Dragone, A ^a   Radeka, V ^a   Rehak, P ^a   Castoldi, A ^b,e   Fazzi, A ^b,e   Gatti, E ^b,e   Guazzoni, C ^b,e   Rijssenbeek, M ^c   Dulinski, W ^d   Besson, A ^d   Deveaux, M ^d   Winter, M ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

APS; Electron microscopy; Electron tracking; Imaging detectors

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS (APS); ELECTRON COLLECTION; ELECTRON TRACKING; IMAGING DETECTORS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33750300154     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.266     Document Type: Article

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