Single Event Tolerance of X-ray SOI Pixel Sensors [IMA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.05049


We evaluate the single event tolerance of the X-ray silicon-on-insulator (SOI) pixel sensor named XRPIX, developed for the future X-ray astronomical satellite FORCE. In this work, we measure the cross-section of single event upset (SEU) of the shift register on XRPIX by irradiating heavy ion beams with linear energy transfer (LET) ranging from 0.022 MeV/(mg/cm2) to 68 MeV/(mg/cm2). From the SEU cross-section curve, the saturation cross-section and threshold LET are successfully obtained to be $3.4^{+2.9}{-0.9}\times 10^{-10}~{\rm cm^2/bit}$ and $7.3^{+1.9}{-3.5}~{\rm MeV/(mg/cm^2)}$, respectively. Using these values, the SEU rate in orbit is estimated to be $\lesssim$ 0.1 event/year primarily due to the secondary particles induced by cosmic-ray protons. This SEU rate of the shift register on XRPIX is negligible in the FORCE orbit.

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K. Hagino, M. Hayashida, T. Kohmura, et. al.
Wed, 12 Oct 22
43/75

Comments: 9 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in JATIS