Capabilities
ASIC (application specific integrated circuit):
- Multiarray charge-sensitive amplifier systems in CMOS
- Very low noise optimized for sensor params. (ENC < 20e- r.m.s. possible dep. on requirements)
- Low power consumption (< 1mW / channel possible dep. on requirements)
- Dynamic range, linearity, temperature stability, etc., as necessary
- Customized single-photon readout architectures
- Customized photon-counting architectures
Detector systems:
- Experience with single-photon as well as photon counting systems
- Silicon sensor based
- < 250eV FWHM achieved for single-photon system
- CdTe/CZT based
- ~1.6keV FWHM achieved for single-photon system
- OCR > 10Mcps achieved for photon-counting system
- SiPM based