PIXIE III is the third generation of very large area (32 × 25 mm 2 ) pixel ASICs developed by Pixirad Imaging Counters s.r.l. to be used in combination with suitable X-ray sensor materials (Silicon, CdTe, GaAs) in hybrid assemblies using flip-chip bonding. A Pixirad unit module based on PIXIE III shows several advances compared to what has been available up to now. It has a very broad energy range (from 2 to 100 keV before full pulse saturation), high speed (100 ns peaking time), high frame rate (larger than 500 fps), dead-time-free operation, good energy resolution (around 2 keV at 20 keV), high photo-peak fraction and sharp spectral separation between the color images. In this paper the results obtained with PIXIE III both in a test bench set-up as well in X-ray imaging applications are discussed.

Bellazzini, R., Brez, A., Spandre, G., Minuti, M., Pinchera, M., Delogu, P., et al. (2015). PIXIE III: a very large area photon-counting CMOS pixel ASIC for sharp X-ray spectral imaging. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 10(1) [10.1088/1748-0221/10/01/C01032].

PIXIE III: a very large area photon-counting CMOS pixel ASIC for sharp X-ray spectral imaging

Delogu, P.;
2015-01-01

Abstract

PIXIE III is the third generation of very large area (32 × 25 mm 2 ) pixel ASICs developed by Pixirad Imaging Counters s.r.l. to be used in combination with suitable X-ray sensor materials (Silicon, CdTe, GaAs) in hybrid assemblies using flip-chip bonding. A Pixirad unit module based on PIXIE III shows several advances compared to what has been available up to now. It has a very broad energy range (from 2 to 100 keV before full pulse saturation), high speed (100 ns peaking time), high frame rate (larger than 500 fps), dead-time-free operation, good energy resolution (around 2 keV at 20 keV), high photo-peak fraction and sharp spectral separation between the color images. In this paper the results obtained with PIXIE III both in a test bench set-up as well in X-ray imaging applications are discussed.
2015
Bellazzini, R., Brez, A., Spandre, G., Minuti, M., Pinchera, M., Delogu, P., et al. (2015). PIXIE III: a very large area photon-counting CMOS pixel ASIC for sharp X-ray spectral imaging. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 10(1) [10.1088/1748-0221/10/01/C01032].
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