A camera for scanning objects in motion based on an integrated detection system working in on-chip TDI mode

• Autorzy: Żołądź Mirosław

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DOI

10.24425/opelre.2024.153243

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper presents an X-ray camera for testing moving objects. A typical application of such cameras is scanning products on an industrial production line. Currently, the most popular device detecting radiation in this type of camera consists of a pixel line based on scintillator detectors. Unfortunately, increasing its resolution automatically involves reducing the pixel size and reducing the signal-to-noise ratio. This is where the time domain integration method comes in handy, increasing the resolution without degrading the signal-to-noise ratio. The camera presented in this paper is based on an application-specific integrated circuit dedicated to this purpose. The application-specific integrated circuit core is a pixel matrix operating in a single-photon counting mode. Its architecture was designed to implement the time domain integration method and construct high-resolution cameras with a large scanning area. The article also describes the hardware and software of the application-specific integrated circuit readout system.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

x-rays; application-specific integrated circuit; single-photon counting; time domain integration

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 33, No. 1
• Strony: art. no. e153243
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 15 poz., rys., fot.

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autor

Żołądź Mirosław

• Department of Measurement and Electronics, AGH University of Krakow, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0791-9880

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Uwagi

1. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).

2. The work was created thanks to a project co-financed by the National Center for Research and Development under the “Path for Mazovia” program, contract: “MAZOWSZE/0099/19”.