Non-imaging X-ray Spectroscopy

Swept Charge Devices (SCDs), including e2v technologies CCD54 and C1XS devices with four CCD54 detectors in on one ceramic package (which is shown in the images below), can provide a low cost, large area, fast read-out alternative to the CCD, for situations in which spatial information is not needed. These devices are designed in order to operate at temperatures which are able to be achieved using Peltier cooling, so that liquid nitrogen is not required, which makes them a good replacement for the Si(Li), PIN and SDD devices.