Solid-State X-ray Detector
•Brochure: X-Ray Solutions For The Pharmaceutical Industry
•Corporate Brochure: PANalytical: At The Core Of The Matter
Solid-State X-ray Detector - PIXcel, PANalytical's 2nd generation solid-state X-ray detection technology, is a highly advanced photon counting device incorporating the latest in solid-state pixel technology.
PIXcel provides specific benefits for research into advanced materials for high tech applications such as superior resolution, unmatched dynamic range, high count rate linearity and wide application versatility. It forms a valuable high-end companion to PANalytical's renowned X'Celerator detector.
Benchmark performance
PIXcel consists of more than 65,000 pixels, each 55 x 55 microns in size and with individual readout circuitry.
This results in new levels of resolution and linearity and an unmatched dynamic range of 25 million counts per second per pixel row. Thanks to this unique performance capability the use of beam attenuators is no longer required.
One detector for all applications
PIXcel can be utilized in a wide range of static and scanning 1-D and 0-D applications, including:
- Thin film diffraction: rocking curves, reciprocal space maps, reflectivity
- Powder diffraction: rapid scanning, high resolution powder diffraction, kinetic and non-ambient experiments
Collaboration breeds innovation
PIXcel is the result of PANalytical's collaboration with CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory, and leading research institutes across Europe as part of the Medipix2 project, amongst others NIKHEF, the National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics in The Netherlands.
Key benefits
- One detector for all applications
- Superior resolution and speed of data collection
- Unmatched dynamic range
- High count rate linearity
- Solid state detector, no cooling or counting gases
•Brochure: X-Ray Solutions For The Pharmaceutical Industry
•Corporate Brochure: PANalytical: At The Core Of The Matter