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The effect of protons on the performance of second generation Swept Charge Devices

Gow, Jason P. D.; Holland, Andrew D.; Pool, Peter J. +1 more

The e2v technologies Swept Charge Device (SCD) was developed as a large area detector for X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis, achieving near Fano-limited spectroscopy at -15 °C. The SCD was flown in the XRF instruments onboard the European Space Agency's SMART-1 and the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 lunar missions. The second g…