In:
Electronics, MDPI AG, Vol. 12, No. 17 ( 2023-08-25), p. 3589-
Kurzfassung:
With the specialization of VLSI ASICs for front-end signal processing electronics, the customization of the control back-end electronics (BEE) has become critical to fully deploy the ASIC performance. In the context of space operations, with typical constraints on power and reliability, the design and qualification of such integrated systems present significant challenges. In this paper, we review the design and performance of the BEE systems after two years of operations in low Earth orbit (LEO); these systems read out the custom ASICs inside the gas pixel detectors, which are located at the heart of the imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer (IXPE), a NASA-ASI small explorer mission designed to measure X-ray polarization in the 2–8 keV energy range.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2079-9292
DOI:
10.3390/electronics12173589
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
MDPI AG
Publikationsdatum:
2023
ZDB Id:
2662127-7
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