XR-100CR Si-PIN X-Ray Detector​

Amptek recently brought silicon wafer manufacturing in-house and improved the process. The result is a detector with lower noise, lower leakage current, better charge collection, and uniformity from detector to detector. This makes it the best performing Si-PIN detector available.

The XR-100CR is a high performance thermoelectrically cooled Si-PIN X-ray detector and preamplifier. It is typically used in laboratory X-ray spectroscopy applications requiring moderate energy resolution and moderate count rates where cost is important. It is well suited to many XRF applications such as identifying metal alloys, verifying RoHS/WEEE compliance, and detecting lead in paint.

The energy resolution of the XR-100CR ranges from 139 to 190 eV FWHM depending on the detector area. It is best at count rates below 30 kcps and is suited to X-rays between 1.5 and 30 keV.  It uses a fully depleted 500 um Si-PIN photodiode, and is available with 1 or 0.5 mil Be windows.

In the XR-100CR the detector is mounted on an extender (several different lengths are available) with the preamplifier in the attached metal box. It requires a separate signal processor and power supplies; Amptek’s PX5 is recommended and is ideally suited for most laboratory uses. The same Si-PIN detectors are available in the smaller X-123package or with smaller preamplifiers for OEMs and custom systems.

 

Applications

  • X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
  • RoHS/WEEE
  • Portable Instruments
  • OEM
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Teaching and Research
  • Art and Archaeology
  • Process Control
  • Mössbauer Spectrometers
  • Space and Astronomy
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Nuclear Plant Monitoring
  • Toxic Dump Site Monitoring
  • PIXE

Features

  • Si-PIN Photodiode
  • Available in 6, 13 and 25 mm2
  • 2-Stage Thermoelectric Cooler
  • Temperature Monitor
  • Beryllium Window
  • Multilayer Collimator
  • Hermetic Package (TO-8)
  • Wide Detection Range
  • Easy to Operate