Title :
Development of a PCI express based readout electronics for the XPAD3 X-ray photon counting imager
Author :
Dawiec, A. ; Dinkespiler, B. ; Breugnon, P. ; Bompard, F. ; Arnaud, K. ; Duval, P.-Y. ; Godiot, S. ; Hustache, S. ; Medjoubi, K. ; Berar, J.-F. ; Boudet, N. ; Morel, C.
Author_Institution :
Center for Particle Phys. of Marseille (CPPM), Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille, France
Abstract :
XPAD3 is a large surface X-ray photon counting imager with high count rates, large counter dynamics and very fast data readout. Data are readout in parallel by a PCI Express interface using DMA transfer. The readout frame rate of the complete detector comprising 0.5 MPixels amounts to 500 images per second without dead-time.
Keywords :
nuclear electronics; peripheral interfaces; photon counting; readout electronics; solid scintillation detectors; DMA transfer; PCI express interface; XPAD3 X-Ray photon counting imager; counter dynamics; dead-time; fast data readout; high count rates; readout electronics; readout frame rate; Cameras; Data acquisition; Detectors; Photonics; Pixel; Radiation detectors; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Real Time Conference (RT), 2010 17th IEEE-NPSS
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7108-9
DOI :
10.1109/RTC.2010.5750377
