Development of high-speed low-noise analog ASIC for high-sensitive cosmic X-ray observation

• Project/Area Number: 15H03641
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Astronomy
• Research Institution: Kanto Gakuin University (2017-2018); Osaka University (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Nakajima Hiroshi 関東学院大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (70570670)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥10,140,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,340,000)
• Keywords: X線 / イメージャ / ASIC / X線天文学 / X線CCD / 放射線 / 宇宙物理 / 人工衛星 / 天文学 / CCD / CCDカメラ / 硬X線

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have developed an analog-digital mixed ASIC using a fourth-order delta sigma ADC circuit. The unit performance test of the new ASIC was conducted after the dedicated print circuit board was manufactured. As a result, we achieved linear performance that surpassed the ASIC onboard the Hitomi satellite launched in 2016. As a result of measuring the radiation resistance, the upper limit value of the frequency of latch-up in the orbit with a height of 550 km and an inclination angle of 30 ° was determined once in 48 years (90% reliability). In fact, even if latch-up is performed, a mechanism is provided to turn the power on and off while preventing thermal destruction, so it can be said that the latch-up resistance of the CCD camera when using the ASIC developed in this research is not a problem.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究により、将来の天文衛星で使用される、各種X線イメージャのカメラをコンパクト化させる目途を付けることが出来た。コンパクト化させるだけではなく、高速低雑音信号処理することで、高性能のカメラを製作することが可能である。本研究期間内に実績を作ったのはイメージャのうちCCDであるが、ほぼ同じ回路で他のイメージャにも応用が可能であり、非常に汎用性の高い研究成果を得たといえる。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Universal detection of high-temperature emission in X-ray isolated neutron stars (2019)
  • Author(s): Yoneyama Tomokage、Hayashida Kiyoshi、Nakajima Hiroshi、Matsumoto Hironori
  • Journal Title: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Volume: 71 Issue: 1 Pages: 17-17
  • DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psy135
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Soft X-ray Imager aboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H) (2018)
  • Author(s): Tanaka Takaaki、Uchida Hiroyuki、Nakajima Hiroshi、Tsunemi Hiroshi、Hayashida Kiyoshi、Tsuru Takeshi Go、Dotani Tadayasu
  • Journal Title: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems Volume: 4 Issue: 01 Pages: 1-1
  • DOI: 10.1117/1.jatis.4.1.011211
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] In-orbit performance of the soft X-ray imaging system aboard Hitomi (ASTRO-H) (2018)
  • Author(s): Nakajima Hiroshi, Bamba Aya et al.
  • Journal Title: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan Volume: 70 Issue: 2 Pages: 21-21
  • DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx116
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Development of focal plane x-ray detector aboard a microsatellite for monitoring supermassive blackholes (2018)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Nakajima, Satomi Onishi, Jun-ichi Iwagaki, Junko S. Hiraga, John P. Doty, Hirokazu Ikeda, Yuichiro Ezoe, Naoki Isobe, Hironori Sahara
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 10699 Pages: 1069963-1069963
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2311990
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Ultralightweight x-ray telescope missions: ORBIS and GEO-X (2018)
  • Author(s): Yuichiro Ezoe, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Satoshi Kasahara, Tomoki Kimura, Kumi Ishikawa, Masaki Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hironori Sahara, Naoki Isobe, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takaya Ohashi, Harunori Nagata, Ryu Funase, Munetaka Ueno, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont
  • Journal Title: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems Volume: 4 Issue: 04 Pages: 46001-46001
  • DOI: 10.1117/1.jatis.4.4.046001
  • NAID: 120006543343
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Hitomi Constraints on the 3.5 keV Line in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster (2017)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Collaboration
  • Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume: 837 Pages: A26-A26
  • DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731861
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Development of Low-noise High-speed Analog ASIC for X-ray CCD Cameras and Wide-band X-ray Imaging Sensors (2016)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Nakajima et al.
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Volume: 未定 Pages: 283-287
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.040
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Modeling the spectral response for the soft X-ray imager onboard the ASTRO-H satellite (2016)
  • Author(s): Shota Inoue, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Shuhei Katada, Hiroshi Nakajima, Ryo Nagino, Naohisa Anabuki, Hiroshi Tsunemi, and Shutaro Ueda, et al.
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Volume: 00 Pages: 1-5
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.03.071
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster (2016)
  • Author(s): Hitomi Collaboration et al.
  • Journal Title: Nature Volume: 535 Issue: 7610 Pages: 117-121
  • DOI: 10.1038/nature18627
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Suzaku study on the ejecta of the supernova remnant G272.2-3.2 (2015)
  • Author(s): Kamitsukasa, Fumiyoshi; Koyama, Katsuji; Nakajima, Hiroshi; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Mori, Koji; Katsuda, Satoru; Uchida, Hiroyuki; Tsunemi, Hiroshi
  • Journal Title: PASJ Volume: 67 Issue: SP1 Pages: 114-122
  • DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psv114
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Global Distribution of Ionizing and Recombining Plasmas in the Supernova Remnant G290.1$-$0.8 (2015)
  • Author(s): Kamitsukasa, Fumiyoshi; Koyama, Katsuji; Uchida, Hiroyuki; Nakajima, Hiroshi; Hayashida, Kiyoshi; Mori, Koji; Katsuda, Satoru; Tsunemi, Hiroshi
  • Journal Title: Pub. Astr. Soc. Japan Volume: 67-2 Issue: 2 Pages: 168-168
  • DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psu149
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Kepler’s Supernova: An Overluminous Type Ia Event Interacting with a Massive Circumstellar Medium at a Very Late Phase (2015)
  • Author(s): Katsuda, Satoru; Mori, Koji; Maeda, Keiichi; Tanaka, Masaomi; Koyama, Katsuji; Tsunemi, Hiroshi; Nakajima, Hiroshi; Maeda, Yoshitomo; Ozaki, Masanobu; Petre, Robert
  • Journal Title: ApJ Volume: 808 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-14
  • DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/808/1/49
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) for the ASTRO-H Mission (2015)
  • Author(s): Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Nakajima et al.
  • Journal Title: Proc. SPIE Volume: 9601 Pages: 10-10
  • DOI: 10.1117/12.2190808
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Development of focal plane x-ray detector aboard a microsatellite for monitoring supermassive blackholes (2018)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Nakajima, Satomi Onishi, Jun-ichi Iwagaki, Junko S. Hiraga, John P. Doty, Hirokazu Ikeda, Yuichiro Ezoe, Naoki Isobe, Hironori Sahara
  • Organizer: SPIE Space Telescopes and Instrumentation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Ultralightweight x-ray telescope missions: ORBIS and GEO-X (2018)
  • Author(s): Yuichiro Ezoe, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Satoshi Kasahara, Tomoki Kimura, Kumi Ishikawa, Masaki Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hironori Sahara, Naoki Isobe, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takaya Ohashi, Harunori Nagata, Ryu Funase, Munetaka Ueno, Graziella Branduardi-Raymont
  • Organizer: SPIE Space Telescopes and Instrumentation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The spectral response of X-ray CCDs in the energy band around Si-K edge: a solution to the Si-K edge problem for the XIS onboard Suzaku (2018)
  • Author(s): Koki Okazaki, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Hiroshi Nakajima, Riku Shomura, Tomokage Yoneyama, Hironori Matsumoto,Hiroshi Tsunemi, Koji Mori, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Yoshitomo Maeda, Ken Ebisawa
  • Organizer: SPIE Space Telescopes and Instrumentation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sub-arcsecond imaging with multi-image x-ray interferometer module (MIXIM) for very small satellite (2018)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Hayashida, Tomoki Kawabata, Takashi Hanasaka, Kazunori Asakura, Tomokage Yoneyama, Koki Okazaki,Shuntaro Ide, Hironori Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakajima, Hisamitsu Awaki, Hiroshi Tsunemi
  • Organizer: SPIE Space Telescopes and Instrumentation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Soft x-ray imaging telescope (Xtend) onboard X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM) (2018)
  • Author(s): Kiyoshi Hayashida, Hiroshi Tomida, Koji Mori, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takaaki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Uchida, et al.
  • Organizer: SPIE Space Telescopes and Instrumentation
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Radiation Hardness of a P-Channel Notch CCD Developed for the X-ray CCD Camera onboard the XRISM Satellite (2018)
  • Author(s): Y. Kanemaru, J. Sato, K. Mori, H. Nakajima, et al.
  • Organizer: International Workshop on Semiconductor Pixel Detectors for Particles and Imaging (PIXEL2018)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Hitomi observation of the HMXB IGR J16318ー4848 (2017)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Nakajima
  • Organizer: Hitomi Science Working Group Meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] X線天文衛星「ひとみ」による大質量 X 線連星 IGR J16318－4848 の観測 (2017)
  • Author(s): 中嶋 大
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
• [Presentation] 広帯域X線イメージセンサSDCCDの硬X線分光性能評価 (2016)
  • Author(s): 今谷律子
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 首都大学東京
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-14
• [Presentation] Astronomical Imaging with the X-ray Observatory Hitomi (2016)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Nakajima
  • Organizer: Imaging 2016
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] ひとみ衛星搭載軟X線撮像検出器(SXI)：軌道上性能と較正の現状 (2016)
  • Author(s): 中嶋 大
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会
• [Presentation] ASTRO-H 搭載軟X線撮像検出器SXI の現状 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中嶋大
  • Organizer: 日本天文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 甲南大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-09
• [Presentation] Development of Low-noise High-speed Analog ASIC for X-ray CCD Cameras and Wide-band X-ray Imaging Sensors (2015)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Nakajima
  • Organizer: 10th International "Hiroshima" Symposium on the Development and Application of Semiconductor Tracking Detector
  • Place of Presentation: 西安
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Modeling thespectralresponseforthesoftX-rayimageronboard the ASTRO-Hsatellite (2015)
  • Author(s): Shota Inoue
  • Organizer: 10th International "Hiroshima" Symposium on the Development and Application of Semiconductor Tracking Detector
  • Place of Presentation: 西安
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Remarks] X線CCDの信号処理用ASIC
  • URL: http://wwwxray.ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/OskXrayTlabHP/ASIC.html