19 Apr, 2011
Two-Dimensional X-Ray Detector Electronic Circuit for XFEL
The XFEL completed and was attached to the synchrotron radiation research SPring-8 of (**)RIKEN Harima Institute (Hyogo Prefecture). It is nicknamed “SACLA”.
At the XFEL, MPCCD (Multi-port CCD) is used as the main detector. Meisei Electric was in charge of the development and manufacturing of the reading electron circuit of this detector. The X-rays emitted from electron beam hit the inspection piece and the X-rays dispersed are detected. Using the dispersion X-rays, it enables to watch atomic structure of the protein and other nanoscale structure. Specifically, it will be able to be made use for development of the new medicine of the intractable disease including cancer and AIDS.
The reading electron circuit, which Meisei Electric has developed, consists of multi channels high speed CCD reading circuit acquiring an X-ray image at the speed of 60 per second according to the technology of low noise CCD electron circuit established through its Space observation instrument.
In the experimental use, it has succeeded in the photography of the X-ray space profile this time and will be in operation from the end of 2011.
For the details please see RIKEN’s HP:
http://www.riken.go.jp/r-world/info/info/2011/110329/index.html
**RIKEN was first organized in 1917 as a private research foundation, and reorganized in 2003 as an independent administrative institution under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. (Source: RIKEN HP)
