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View article: Evaluation of an event-driven 3FI ASIC for spectroscopic X-ray detection with synchrotron radiation
Evaluation of an event-driven 3FI ASIC for spectroscopic X-ray detection with synchrotron radiation Open
The novel design and evaluation on the NSLS-II beamline of the 3FI application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bump-bonded to a simple, planar, 2D segmented silicon sensor are presented. The ASIC was developed for full-field fluorescenc…
View article: Gaia: segmented germanium detector for high-energy X-ray fluorescence and spectroscopic imaging
Gaia: segmented germanium detector for high-energy X-ray fluorescence and spectroscopic imaging Open
We present Gaia, a monolithic array of 96 high-purity germanium pixel detectors integrated with a custom low-noise application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based data acquisition system. The…
View article: High-energy X-ray imaging with a Germanium MM-PAD hybrid pixel detector
High-energy X-ray imaging with a Germanium MM-PAD hybrid pixel detector Open
Germanium is a high-Z sensor material with excellent energy resolution and attractive properties for high-energy photon detection. Despite its advantages, the need for cryogenic operation and challenges in the fabrication of pixelated high…
View article: Evaluation of a Full Field Fluorescence Imager with Synchrotron Radiation
Evaluation of a Full Field Fluorescence Imager with Synchrotron Radiation Open
The design and evaluation on the NSLS-II beamline of the 3FI application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bump-bonded to a simply, planar, two-dimensionally segmented silicon sensor is presented. The ASIC was developed for Full-Field Flu…
View article: Integration of EDWARD readout architecture in full-field fluorescence imaging detector
Integration of EDWARD readout architecture in full-field fluorescence imaging detector Open
Data bandwidth, timing resolution and resource utilization in readouts of radiation detectors are a constant challenge. Event driven solutions are pushing against well-trenched framed solutions. The idea for an asynchronous readout archite…
View article: High spatial resolution direct conversion amorphous selenium X-ray detectors with monolithically integrated CMOS readout
High spatial resolution direct conversion amorphous selenium X-ray detectors with monolithically integrated CMOS readout Open
Recent progress in the field of micron-scale spatial resolution direct conversion X-ray detectors for high-energy synchrotron light sources serve applications ranging from nondestructive and noninvasive microscopy techniques which provide …
View article: Development of a large array of Silicon Drift Detectors for high-rate synchrotron fluorescence spectroscopy
Development of a large array of Silicon Drift Detectors for high-rate synchrotron fluorescence spectroscopy Open
An array of small-area Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD), named Hera, has been developed at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in the past few years. Its primary application is high-rate spectroscopy at synchrotrons. Each SDD pixel is a 1 mm…
View article: Monolithic arrays of silicon sensors
Monolithic arrays of silicon sensors Open
Monolithic arrays of silicon p-n junctions are commonly used to deliver spatial information on impinging radiation, with the advantages of low-noise and fast signal generation. Additionally, array geometries also allow for a segmentation o…
View article: Event driven readout architecture with non-priority arbitration for radiation detectors
Event driven readout architecture with non-priority arbitration for radiation detectors Open
A novel event driven readout architecture, EDWARD (Event Driven with Access and Reset Decoder) architecture, for highly granular pixel detectors is presented. It incorporates, inter alia, an asynchronous arbitration tree based on Seitz’ ar…
View article: Vertically Integrated Edgeless Photon Imaging Camera
Vertically Integrated Edgeless Photon Imaging Camera Open
The Vertically Integrated Photon Imaging Chip - Large, (VIPIC-L), is a large area, small pixel (65μm), 3D integrated, photon counting ASIC with zero-suppressed or full frame dead-time-less data readout. It features data throughput of 14.4 …
View article: A coded aperture microscope for X-ray fluorescence full-field imaging
A coded aperture microscope for X-ray fluorescence full-field imaging Open
The design and construction of an instrument for full-field imaging of the X-ray fluorescence emitted by a fully illuminated sample are presented. The aim is to produce an X-ray microscope with a few micrometers spatial resolution, which d…
View article: Development of a High-Rate Front-End ASIC for X-Ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction Applications
Development of a High-Rate Front-End ASIC for X-Ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction Applications Open
We developed a new front-end application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for the upgrade of the Maia x-ray microprobe. The ASIC instruments 32 configurable front-end channels that perform either positive or negative charge amplification…
View article: Operational Conditions of Silicon Pixel Arrays for X-Ray Spectroscopy
Operational Conditions of Silicon Pixel Arrays for X-Ray Spectroscopy Open
Arrays of silicon sensors can be utilized in those spectroscopic applications where a high event throughput is needed, for example in synchrotron-based experiments. Yet, in such arrays several noise contributions, beyond the well-known lea…
View article: Development of a High Rate Front-end ASIC for X-ray Spectroscopy and\n Diffraction Applications
Development of a High Rate Front-end ASIC for X-ray Spectroscopy and\n Diffraction Applications Open
We developed a new front-end application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)\nfor the upgrade of the Maia x-ray microprobe. The ASIC instruments 32\nconfigurable front-end channels that perform either positive or negative charge\namplificat…
View article: Multi-Element Germanium Detectors with Integrated Readouts
Multi-Element Germanium Detectors with Integrated Readouts Open
In this study, we have developed a series of monolithic multi-element germanium detectors coupled with custom developed CMOS application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for readout. Several strip detectors with element counts ranging fr…
View article: The Maia Detector Journey: Development, Capabilities and Applications
The Maia Detector Journey: Development, Capabilities and Applications Open
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View article: Maia Mapper: High Definition XRF Imaging of Geological Samples at Intermediate Spatial Scales
Maia Mapper: High Definition XRF Imaging of Geological Samples at Intermediate Spatial Scales Open
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View article: Multi-element Germanium Detectors for Synchrotron Applications
Multi-element Germanium Detectors for Synchrotron Applications Open
We have developed a series of monolithic multi-element germanium detectors, based on sensor arrays produced by the Forschungzentrum Julich, and on Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) developed at Brookhaven. Devices have been …
View article: Maia Mapper: high definition XRF imaging in the lab
Maia Mapper: high definition XRF imaging in the lab Open
Here, Maia Mapper is a laboratory μXRF mapping system for efficient elemental imaging of drill core sections serving minerals research and industrial applications. It targets intermediate spatial scales, with imaging of up to ~80 M pixels …
View article: A new prototype X-ray fluorescence detector system with silicon drift detector array
A new prototype X-ray fluorescence detector system with silicon drift detector array Open
A new Maia detector is being currently developed, consisting of an array of 384 silicon drift detectors (SDDs), each having an area of 1 mm 2 . The detector features a new double metal scheme that supplies biases to the pixel SDD rings. Al…
View article: First experimental feasibility study of VIPIC: a custom-made detector for X-ray speckle measurements
First experimental feasibility study of VIPIC: a custom-made detector for X-ray speckle measurements Open
The Vertically Integrated Photon Imaging Chip (VIPIC) was custom-designed for X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy, an application in which occupancy per pixel is low but high time resolution is needed. VIPIC operates in a sparsified stre…