English
Related papers

Related papers: GIGAPYX sensor performance in space environments

200 papers

Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors are a competitive choice for future X-ray astronomy missions. Typically, CMOS sensors on space astronomical telescopes are exposed to a high dose of irradiation. We investigate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-05 Mingjun Liu , Zhixing Ling , Qinyu Wu , Chen Zhang , Jiaqiang Liu , Zhenlong Zhang , Weimin Yuan , Shuang-Nan Zhang

We report on the assessment of the imaging performance of CITIUS -- a high-speed X-ray detector developed for the large-scale synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8-II -- for heavy charged particles and neutrons. To characterize the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-25 Yoshio Kamiya , Haruki Nishino , Takaki Hatsui

X-ray SOI pixel sensors, "XRPIX", are being developed for the next-generation X-ray astronomical satellite, "FORCE". The XRPIX are fabricated with the SOI technology, which makes it possible to integrate a high-resistivity Si sensor and a…

The Dark matter Nanosatellite Equipped with Skipper Sensors (DarkNESS) mission is a 6U CubeSat designed to search for X-ray lines from decaying dark matter using Skipper-CCDs. Thick, fully-depleted p-channel Skipper-CCDs provide low readout…

In recent years, the performance of Scientifc Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (sCMOS) sensors has been improved signifcantly. Compared with CCD sensors, sCMOS sensors have various advantages, making them potentially better devices…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 Qinyu Wu , Zhenqing Jia , Wenxin Wang , Zhixing Ling , Chen Zhang , Shuangnan Zhang , Weimin Yuan

In recent years, scientific Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (sCMOS) devices have been increasingly applied in X-ray detection, thanks to their attributes such as high frame rate, low dark current, high radiation tolerance and low…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-14 Yu Hsiao , Zhixing Ling , Chen Zhang , Wenxin Wang , Quan Zhou , Xinyang Wang , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Weimin Yuan

This paper presents the experimental results of $17~MeV$ proton irradiation on a $60~GHz$ low power, half-duplex transceiver (TRX) chip implemented in $65~nm$ CMOS technology. It supports short range point-to-point data rate up to $6~Gbps$…

We have been developing the SOI pixel detector ``INTPIX'' for space use and general purpose applications such as the residual stress measurement of a rail and high energy physics experiments. INTPIX is a monolithic pixel detector composed…

We have been developing monolithic active pixel sensors, X-ray Astronomy SOI pixel sensors, XRPIXs, based on a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) CMOS technology as soft X-ray sensors for a future Japanese mission, FORCE (Focusing On Relativistic…

The pCam6060 photodetecting system was developed at SAO RAS and is based on the GSENSE6060BSI photodetector manufactured by GPixel (China) with a frame format of 6144x6144 active pixels and a pixel size of 10 mkm. The readout speed reached…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-16 I. Afanasieva , V. Murzin , V. Ardilanov , N. Ivaschenko , M. Pritychenko

The Teledyne COSMOS-66 is a next-generation CMOS camera designed for astronomical imaging, featuring a large-format sensor ($8120 \times 8120$ pixels, each $10 \mu m$), high quantum efficiency, high frame rates, and a correlated…

In recent years, complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors have been demonstrated to have significant potential in X-ray astronomy, where long-term reliability is crucial for space X-ray telescopes. This study examines the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-20 Mingjun Liu , Qinyu Wu , Zhixing Ling , Chen Zhang , Weimin Yuan , Shuang-Nan Zhang

Future high-resolution imaging X-ray observatories may require detectors with both fine spatial resolution and high quantum efficiency at relatively high X-ray energies (>5keV). A silicon imaging detector meeting these requirements will…

The radiation hardness of passive CMOS pixel sensors fabricated in 150 nm LFoundry technology is investigated. CMOS process lines are especially of interest for large-scale silicon detectors as they offer high production throughput at…

CMOS detectors offer many advantages over CCDs for optical and UV astronomical applications, especially in space where high radiation tolerance is required. However, astronomical instruments are most often designed for low light-level…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-31 Timothee Greffe , Roger Smith , Myles Sherman , Fiona Harrison , Hannah Earnshaw , Brian Grefenstette , John Hennessy , Shouleh Nikzad

We have been developing event driven X-ray Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) pixel sensors, called "XRPIX", for the next generation of X-ray astronomy satellites. XRPIX is a monolithic active pixel sensor, fabricated using the SOI CMOS technology,…

A next-generation medium-energy gamma-ray telescope targeting the MeV range would address open questions in astrophysics regarding how extreme conditions accelerate cosmic-ray particles, produce relativistic jet outflows, and more. One…

To take advantage of high-resolution optics sensitive to a broad energy range, future X-ray imaging instruments will require thick detectors with small pixels. This pixel aspect ratio affects spectral response in the soft X-ray band, vital…

Scientific complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) detectors have developed quickly in recent years thanks to their low cost and high availability. They also have some advantages over charge-coupled devices (CCDs), such as high frame…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Miguel R. Alarcon , Javier Licandro , Miquel Serra-Ricart , Enrique Joven , Vicens Gaitan , Rebeca de Sousa

Deep space explorations require transferring huge amounts of data quickly from very distant targets. Laser communication is a promising technology that can offer a data rate of magnitude faster than conventional microwave communication due…

‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›