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Low-noise, low-power, event-driven read-out of counting Pixel Array Detectors

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M. Hromalik
K. Burkey
T. Burns
B. Lin
K. Shanks
P. Purohit
H. Philipps
M. Tate
Sol Gruner

Abstract

This article describes a highly parallel event driven interface between a Pixel Array Detector (PAD) and its processing electronics. The method used was originally developed for the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) X-ray Pixel Array detector to allow for real-time processing of X-ray image data on its processing FPGA. This interface potentially allows for entirely asynchronous data transfer off the detector at rates exceeding 110Gbps and operates without the need for a constantly running clock. It thus presents a potential a low-power, low-noise interface option for 10-bit data transfer from photon-counting detectors at frame rates greater than 1MHz with no input dead time. This interface has been successfully tested on 64 independent 16-pixel channels at a transfer frequency of 294MHz achieving maximum data transfer rates of 16.7 Gbps. © 2019 IEEE.

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85071461329&doi=10.1109%2fIWASI.2019.8791417&partnerID=40&md5=c99610168d0b839946143586a82d0a8b

DOI

10.1109/IWASI.2019.8791417

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Sol M. Gruner Group

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