Author/Authors :
Starr، نويسنده , , R. and Clark، نويسنده , , P.E. and Evans، نويسنده , , L.G and Floyd، نويسنده , , S.R and McClanahan، نويسنده , , T.P. and Trombka، نويسنده , , J.I. and Goldsten، نويسنده , , J.O. and Maurer، نويسنده , , R.H. and McNutt Jr.، نويسنده , , R.L. and Roth، نويسنده , , D.R.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
A Si-PIN photodiode is being used as a solar X-ray monitor on the X-ray/gamma-ray spectrometer experiment which is flying on the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft. Since its launch in February 1996 this photodiode has experienced several brief failures. These anomalies and other performance characteristics will be described. Efforts to reproduce these failures in ground tests with flight spare equipment will also be discussed.
Keywords :
XRS , GRS , Si-PIN detector , Photodiodes , Radioactive decay
