The operation of plastic MSGCs at high rates

Author

Taylor, S.C. ; Armitage, J.C. ; Batchelar, D. ; Dixit, M.S. ; Dubeau, J. ; Estabrooks, P.G. ; Henderson, C. ; Karlen, D. ; Muench, J.L. ; Oakham, F.G. ; Salomon, M. ; Stuart, G.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

42

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

8/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

436

Abstract

The operation of microstrip gas counters (MSGCs) on a Upilex (polyimide) substrate is described. The surface resistivity of the substrate was reduced by ion implantation or by coating with a thin film of nickel oxide. Results are presented concerning the surface resistivity and its stability. The lowering of the substrate resistivity allows MSGCs to operate at very high rates and several devices were tested in a high flux X-ray beam. Substrates with optimum resistivity showed no gain changes whereas gain changes were seen on those with higher resistivity

Keywords

X-ray detection; ion implantation; ionisation chambers; position sensitive particle detectors; surface conductivity; NiO; Upilex substrate; gain changes; high flux X-ray beam; high rate operation; ion implantation; optimum resistivity; plastic microstrip gas counters; polyimide substrate; surface resistivity; thin film coating; Coatings; Conductivity; Counting circuits; Ion implantation; Microstrip; Nickel; Plastic films; Polyimides; Stability; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.467806

Filename

467806