Low temperature testing and neutron irradiation of a swept charge device on board the HXMT satellite

We present the low temperature testing of an SCD detector, investigating its performance such as readout noise, energy resolution at 5.9 keV and dark current. The SCD's performance is closely related to temperature, and the temperature range of -80 ℃ to -50 ℃ is the best choice, where the FWHM at 5.9 keV is about 130 eV. The influence of the neutron irradiation from an electrostatic accelerator with fluence up to 1×10⁹ cm^-2 has been examined. We find the SCD is not vulnerable to neutron irradiation. The detailed operations of the SCD and the test results of low temperature are reported, and the results of neutron irradiation are discussed.     

Measurements of charge transfer ef f iciency in a proton-irradiated swept charge device

Charged Coupled Devices(CCDs) have been successfully used in several low energy X-ray astronomical satellites over the past two decades. Their high energy resolution and high spatial resolution make them a perfect tool for low energy astronomy, such as observing the formation of galaxy clusters and the environment around black holes. The Low Energy X-ray Telescope(LE) group is developing a Swept Charge Device(SCD) for the Hard Xray Modulation Telescope(HXMT) satellite. A SCD is a special low energy X-ray CCD, which can be read out a thousand times faster than traditional CCDs, simultaneously keeping excellent energy resolution. A test method for measuring the charge transfer efficiency(CTE) of a prototype SCD has been set up. Studies of the charge transfer inefficiency(CTI) with a proton-irradiated SCD have been performed at a range of operating temperatures. The SCD is irradiated by 3×108cm-210 MeV protons.     

Design and optimization of the readout system for X-ray CCDs

A readout system for X-ray CCDs based on an improved architecture is presented; by optimizing several critical circuit blocks along the analog signal chain, the conflict between the readout speed and readout noise is greatly alleviated. Using CCD47-10 as its target CCD, the readout system has achieved 8.6e^- readout noise and 142 eV FWHM at 5.9 keV Mn m K_α under a pixel rate of 80 kHz. Also its performance of imaging has been investigated.     

工业级纳米绒面多晶硅太阳电池的制备及其性能研究

基于产线工艺制备了纳米绒面多晶硅太阳电池,并表征其光电转换性能。研究结果表明：相对传统微米绒坑,纳米绒面能够提升多晶硅太阳电池的短路电流,相应的光电转换效率绝对值提升大于0.4%,产线均值光电转换效率超过了19.1%。结合漫反射光谱和外量子效率测试结果,改进的光电转换的原因归结为纳米绒面能够有效地诱捕短波和长波太阳光子,增强短波和长波太阳光响应。本研究证实纳米绒面多晶硅太阳电池可利用产线工艺制备且具有较高的光电转换效率,能够实现产业化。     

下一代网络的QoS保证设计

就下一代网络对高QoS性能要求,分别讨论了网络核心层、汇聚层和接入层的QOS保证措施。     

硬X射线调制望远镜低能探测器量子效率标定

低能X射线望远镜是硬X射线调制望远镜卫星的主要载荷之一,探测器采用CCD236.探测器的量子效率会影响能谱拟合和绝对流量,有必要对其进行标定.利用~(55)Fe放射源,以硅漂移探测器为标准探测器,标定了CCD236在Mn-K_α(5.899 keV)和Mn-K_β(6.497 keV)能量点处的量子效率,此能段在Fe线附近,对X射线天文观测有重要价值.考虑探测器的分裂事例后,Mn-K_α和Mn-K_β处的量子效率分别为71%和62%.在-95—-30?C工作温度范围内,CCD量子效率与温度无关.利用CCD236的结构及实测的量子效率,不考虑沟阻影响,得到耗尽层厚度为38μm.对CCD236施加不同的电压,其量子效率基本不变,表明其在两相驱动下高低电平的耗尽层厚度相等,进而说明CCD236一直工作在深耗尽状态,其耗尽层到了外延层和衬底层边界,已达最大值.     

Proton irradiation effect on SCDs

The Low Energy X-ray Telescope is one of the main payloads on the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope satellite.Swept charge devices(SCDs)are selected as detectors for the Low Energy X-ray Telescope.As SCDs are sensitive to proton irradiation,irradiation tests were carried out on the HI-13 accelerator at the China Institute of Atomic Energy.The beam energy was measured to be 10 MeV at the SCD.The proton fluence delivered to the SCD was 3×108protons/cm2over two hours.By comparing the performance before and after irradiation,it is concluded that proton irradiation affects both the dark current and the charge transfer inefficiency of the SCD.The energy resolution of the proton-irradiated SCD is 212 eV@5.9 keV at-60?C,while it before irradiated is 134 eV.Moreover,better performance can be reached by lowering the operating temperature of the SCD in orbit.     

A digital CDS technique and its performance testing

Readout noise is a critical parameter for characterizing the performance of charge-coupled devices (CCDs), which can be greatly reduced by the correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit. However, a conventional CDS circuit inevitably introduces new noise since it consists of several active analog components such as operational amplifiers. This paper proposes a digital CDS circuit technique, which transforms the pre-amplified CCD signal into a train of digital presentations by a high-speed data acquisition card directly without the noisy CDS circuit, then implements the digital CDS algorithm through a numerical method. A readout noise of 3.3 e^- and an energy resolution of 121 eV@5.9 keV can be achieved via the digital CDS technique.     

带异步复位和计数使能控制的8位二进制减法计数器设计

阐述了基于EDA技术的带异步复位和计数使能控制的8位二进制减法计数器设计,设计通过MAX plus II编译和仿真,并通过EDA6000实验开发系统的验证。     

用于热应力分析的体－壳过渡元

以往体－壳过渡元中采用的一般三维应变状态下的初始热应变表达式，与过渡元规定的变形方式不一致。本文利用“相应体元”算出１５节，点过渡元热膨胀时因壳面上法线不伸长引起的应变，以此修正一般三维初始热应变，给出过渡元初始热应变的正确表达式。本文方法扩大了体－壳过渡元的应用范围。