NASA NTRS · 20030020676
The Constellation-X Focal Plane Microcalorimeter Array: An NTD-Germanium Solution
Abstract
The hallmarks of Neutron Transmutation Doped (NTD) germanium cryogenic thermistors include high reliability, reproducibility, and long term stability of bulk carrier transport properties. Using micro-machined NTD Ge thermistors with integral 'flying' leads, we can now fabricate two-dimensional arrays that are built up from a series of stacked linear arrays. We believe that this modular approach of building, assembling, and perhaps replacing individual modules of detectors is essential to the successful fabrication and testing of large multi-element instruments. Details of construction are presented.
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Beeman, J., Silver, E., Bandler, S., Schnopper, H., Murray, S., Madden, N., Landis, D., Haller, E. E., Barbera, M.. 2001-01-26. The Constellation-X Focal Plane Microcalorimeter Array: An NTD-Germanium Solution. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20030020676
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