System Performance of a TDM Test-Bed with Long Flex Harness Toward the New X-IFU FPA-DM

• Published in: Journal of low temperature physics Vol. 215; no. 3-4; pp. 225 - 236
• Main Authors: Vaccaro, D., de Wit, M., van der Kuur, J., Gottardi, L., Ravensberg, K., Taralli, E., Adams, J., Bandler, S. R., Chervenak, J. A., Doriese, W. B., Durkin, M., Reintsema, C., Sakai, K., Smith, S. J., Wakeham, N. A., Jackson, B., Khosropanah, P., Gao, J.-R., den Herder, J. W. A., Roelfsema, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Focal plane; Magnetic Materials; Magnetism; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Read out systems; Test facilities; Time division multiplexing; X-ray astronom; Transition-edge sensors; Multiplexing
• ISSN: 0022-2291; 1573-7357
• DOI: 10.1007/s10909-024-03088-z

SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) is developing the focal plane assembly (FPA) for Athena X-IFU, whose demonstration model (DM) will use for the first time a time domain multiplexing (TDM)-based readout system for the on-board transition-edge sensors (TES). We report on the characterization activities on a TDM setup provided by NASA goddard space flight center (GSFC) and national institute for standards and technology (NIST) and tested in SRON cryogenic test facilities. The goal of these activities is to study the impact of the longer harness, closer to X-IFU specs, in a different EMI environment and switching from a single-ended to a differential readout scheme. In this contribution we describe the advancement in the debugging of the system in the SRON cryostat, which led to the demonstration of the nominal spectral performance of 2.8 eV at 5.9 keV with 16-row multiplexing, as well as an outlook for the future endeavors for the TDM readout integration on X-IFU’s FPA-DM at SRON.