LOW POWER X-RAY PHOTON RESOLVING IMAGING ARRAY THE SOLID-STATE DETECTOR ARRAY IS THE PRIMARY TECHNOLOGY TO…

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LOW POWER X-RAY PHOTON RESOLVING IMAGING ARRAY THE SOLID-STATE DETECTOR ARRAY IS THE PRIMARY TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT THE CURRENT GENERATION OF SPACE BORNE HIGH-ENERGY ASTRONOMY MISSIONS THAT ARE MANAGED BY NASA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. READOUT INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY (ROIC) SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR PHOTON RESOLVING X-RAY DETECTION WITH SOLID-STATE DETECTORS WILL CREATE A NEW GENERATION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE X-RAY IMAGING SENSORS. AC SENSITIVE DETECTOR INPUT CIRCUITRY, SIMILAR TO THAT USED BY BLACK FOREST ENGINEERING (BFE) FOR LASER DETECTION AND RANGING (LADAR), IS IDEALLY SUITED TO NASA X-RAY ASTRONOMY IMAGING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. BFE PROPOSES ON PHASE II TO PRODUCE AND TEST 32X32 HYBRID SENSOR ARRAYS THAT CAN MEET A WIDE RANGE OF NASA X-RAY IMAGING APPLICATIONS. THE ARRAYS WILL PROVIDE SINGLE PHOTON SENSITIVITY, ACCURATE X-RAY ENERGY DETERMINATION, X-RAY EVENT TIME STAMPING, LOW POWER DISSIPATION AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OPERATION.