Development of the onboard digital processing system for the soft x-ray spectrometer of ASTRO-H: performance in the engineering model tests

H. Seta; M. S Tashiro; Y. Ishisaki; M. Tsujimoto; Y. Shimoda; S. Takeda; S. Yamaguchi; K. Mitsuda; R. Fujimoto; Y. Takei; R. L. Kelley; K. R. Boyce; C. A Kilbourne; F. S. Porter; J. J Miko; K. Masukawa; K. Matsuda

doi:10.1117/12.924638

10 October 2012 Development of the onboard digital processing system for the soft x-ray spectrometer of ASTRO-H: performance in the engineering model tests

H. Seta, M. S Tashiro, Y. Ishisaki, M. Tsujimoto, Y. Shimoda, S. Takeda, S. Yamaguchi, K. Mitsuda, R. Fujimoto, Y. Takei, R. L. Kelley, K. R. Boyce, C. A Kilbourne, F. S. Porter, J. J Miko, K. Masukawa, K. Matsuda

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 84435D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924638
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

We present the development status of the Pulse Shape Processor (PSP), which is the on-board digital electronics responsible for the signal processing of the X-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer instrument (the Soft X-ray Spectrometer; SXS) for the ASTRO-H satellite planned to be launched in 2014. We finished the design and fabrication for the engineering model, and are currently undertaking a series of performance verification and environmental tests. In this report, we summarize the results obtained in a part of the tests completed in the first half of this year.

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H. Seta, M. S Tashiro, Y. Ishisaki, M. Tsujimoto, Y. Shimoda, S. Takeda, S. Yamaguchi, K. Mitsuda, R. Fujimoto, Y. Takei, R. L. Kelley, K. R. Boyce, C. A Kilbourne, F. S. Porter, J. J Miko, K. Masukawa, and K. Matsuda "Development of the onboard digital processing system for the soft x-ray spectrometer of ASTRO-H: performance in the engineering model tests", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84435D (10 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.924638

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