Pin Pixel Detector, X-ray Imaging

摘要

The development and testing of a soft x-ray gas pixel detector, which usesconnector pins for the anodes is reported. Based on a commercial 100 pin connector block, a prototype detector of aperture 25.4mm x 25.4mm can be economically fabricated. The individual pin anodes all show the expected characteristics of small gas detectors capable of counting rates reaching 1MHz per pin. A 2-dimensional resistive divide readout system has been developed to permit the imaging properties of the detector to be explored in advance of true pixel readout electronics.