Title :
Micro Hard-X Ray Camera: From Caliste 64 to Caliste 256
Author :
Meuris, Aline ; Limousin, Olivier ; Lugiez, Francis ; Gevin, Olivier ; Delagnes, Eric ; Le Mer, Isabelle ; Chavassieux, Marc ; Pinsard, Frédéric ; Blondel, Claire ; Daly, F. ; Vassal, Marie-Cécile ; Bocage, Régis ; Soufflet, Fabrice
Author_Institution :
DSM, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Abstract :
Caliste project aims at hybridizing 1 cm2 Cd(Zn)Te detectors with low noise front-end electronics, in a single component standing in a 1 times 1times 2 cm3 volume. The micro-camera is a spectroscopic imager for X and gamma rays detection, with time-tagging capability. Hybridization consists in stacking full custom ASICs perpendicular to the detection surface. The first prototype Caliste 64 integrates a detector of 8 times 8 pixels of 1 mm pitch. Fabrication and characterizations of nine cameras units validate the design and the hybridization concept. Spectroscopic tests result in a mean energy resolution of ~0.7 keV FWHM at 14 keV and ~0.85 keV FWHM at 60 keV using 1 mm-thick Al Schottky CdTe detectors biased at -400 V and cooled down to -15degC. The new prototype called Caliste 256 integrates 16 times 16 pixels of 580 mum pitch in the same volume as Caliste 64. Electrical tests with the first sample fabricated without detector result in a mean equivalent noise charge of 64 e- rms (9.6 mus, no leakage current). Caliste devices are 4-side buttable and can be used as elementary detection units of a large hard X-ray focal plane, as for the 64 cm2 high energy detector of the Simbol-X astronomical space mission.
Keywords :
X-ray astronomy; X-ray detection; application specific integrated circuits; astronomical telescopes; cameras; gamma-ray detection; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; semiconductor counters; space vehicles; 8times8 pixel detector; ASIC; Caliste 256; Caliste 64; Cd(Zn)Te detectors; Simbol-X astronomical space mission; X-ray detection; X-ray focal plane; electron volt energy 14 keV; electron volt energy 60 keV; energy resolution; first prototype Caliste 64 integrates; gamma ray detection; hard X-ray space telescope; hybridization; low noise front-end electronics; microhard-X ray camera; size 1 mm; size 580 mum; spectroscopic imager; stacking full custom; thick Al Schottky CdTe detectors; time-tagging capability; Cameras; Energy resolution; Fabrication; Gamma ray detection; Prototypes; Spectroscopy; Stacking; Testing; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; ASIC; CdTe; Simbol-X; X spectroscopy; X-ray imaging technologies; astrophysics instrumentation;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2009.2015948