The Large Area Detector (LAD) is an instrument concept based on an array of collimated large-area linear Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs). Its design was specifically developed to perform optimal spectral and timing studies in the 2–30 keV band. A prototype of the LAD sensor with lower number of anodes was coupled with a novel CMOS analog front-end Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (AFE ASIC), named NOVA, to demonstrate the performances of the combined devices, in view of future mission proposals. In this work, we will present the spectral results obtained for the integrated detector system (NOVA ASIC and SDD prototype) as a function of operational parameters.
High-throughput spectral-timing with large-area SDDs
Giuseppe Bertuccio;Matteo Centis Vignali;Evgeny Demenev;Francesco Ficorella;Giancarlo Pepponi;Alina Samusenko;Nicola Zorzi
2026-01-01
Abstract
The Large Area Detector (LAD) is an instrument concept based on an array of collimated large-area linear Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs). Its design was specifically developed to perform optimal spectral and timing studies in the 2–30 keV band. A prototype of the LAD sensor with lower number of anodes was coupled with a novel CMOS analog front-end Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (AFE ASIC), named NOVA, to demonstrate the performances of the combined devices, in view of future mission proposals. In this work, we will present the spectral results obtained for the integrated detector system (NOVA ASIC and SDD prototype) as a function of operational parameters.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
