Abstract
We describe results from recent efforts to enhance the performance of CCDs to both low- and high-energy soft x rays. For improved low-energy (E<500 eV) sensitivity we show that a low-temperature surface treatment on back-illuminated devices results in generally better performance than that achieved on devices flown on Chandra, which had a more process-intensive high-temperature treatment. For improved high-energy response we describe a design approach for MOS CCDs that allows high substrate biases for deep depletion (>160 μm) and thus improved x-ray detection for E>5 keV.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | N16-7 |
| Pages (from-to) | 355-359 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record |
| Volume | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Event | 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record - Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference - Portland, OR, United States Duration: Oct 19 2003 → Oct 25 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiation
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging