KEK Develops Advanced SOIPIX X-ray Camera with High-Speed Readout for Multiple Scientific Applications
Researchers at Japan's KEK have developed an X-ray camera based on the INTPIX4NA SOIPIX detector with high spatial resolution and a 10 Gigabit Ethernet readout system capable of several hundred frames per second. The detector features over 425,000 pixels in a monolithic silicon structure, offering excellent sensitivity for low-intensity X-ray imaging. The team is testing the camera across three different experimental applications including microscopy, phase-contrast imaging, and battery material analysis.
The Silicon-On-Insulator PIXel (SOIPIX) detector, developed by KEK's High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, represents an advancement in monolithic imaging technology. The INTPIX4NA variant provides a sensitive area of 14.1 × 8.7 mm² with 425,984 pixels at 17 × 17 micrometer resolution, delivering high spatial resolution and sensitivity under low-intensity X-ray conditions. The accompanying readout system uses SiTCP-XG, a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network controller implemented on a field-programmable gate array, enabling high-frame-rate imaging at several hundred hertz. The research team at KEK's Photon Factory is currently evaluating the camera's applicability across three distinct experiments: X-ray zooming microscopy using Fresnel zone plates, phase-contrast imaging with a two-crystal X-ray interferometer, and nondestructive lithium detection in battery electrode materials using muonic X-rays at the J-PARC facility.
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Recent application studies of an INTPIX4NA SOIPIX detector-based X-ray camera using an SiTCP-XG 10GbE-based high-speed readout system at KEK facilities
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