Readout electronics for a high-resolution soft X-ray spectrometer based on silicon drift detector

The readout electronics for a prototype soft X-ray spectrometer based on silicon drift detector(SDD),for precisely measuring the energy and arrival time of X-ray photons is presented in this paper.The system mainly consists of two parts,i.e.,an analog electronics section(including a pre-amplifier,a signal shaper and filter,a constant fraction timing circuit,and a peak hold circuit)and a digital electronics section(including an ADC and a TDC).Test results with X-ray sources show that an energy dynamic range of 1-10 keV with an integral nonlinearity of less than 0.1%can be achieved,and the energy resolution is better than 160 eV @ 5.9 keV FWHM.Using a waveform generator,test results also indicate that time resolution of the electronics system is about 3.7 ns,which is much less than the transit time spread of SDD(<100 ns)and satisfies the requirements of future applications.

Discretization of Preisach hysteresis model

In order to reduce the partial derivative errors in Preisach hysteresis model caused by inaccurate experimental data,the concept and correlative method of discretization of Preisach hysteresis model are proposed,the essential of which is to centralize the distribution density of Preisach hysteresis model in local region as an integral,which is defined as the weight of a certain point in that region.For the input composed of an ascending segment and a descending segment,a method to determine the initial weights together with an additional method to determine present weights is given according to the number of input ascending segments.If the number of input ascending segments increases,the weights of the corresponding points in updating rectangle are updated by adding the initial weights of corresponding points.A prominent advantage of discrete Preisach hysteresis model is its memory efficiency.Another advantage of discrete Preisach hysteresis model is that there is no function in the model,and thus,it can be expediently operated using a computer.By generalizing the above updating rectangle method to the continuous Preisach hysteresis model,identification method of distribution density can be given as well.

Applying of Switch Strong Tracking UKF in Spacecraft Autonomous Celestial Navigation

Star & Horizon sensor based autonomous navigation methods play an increasingly important role in spacecraft celestial navigation. However,the measurements of star sensors and horizon sensor are frequently affected by uncertain noises from space environment. To improve the estimation precision,a state estimation algorithm named Switch Strong Tracking Unscented Kalman Filter( SSTUKF) is presented. Firstly,the adaptive fading factor is deduced through the adoption of unknown instrumental diagonal matrixes to real time rectify the measurement covariance matrix. Secondly,according to the deduction of Chebyshev law of large numbers,innovation criterion is introduced during estimation to decrease the unnecessary calculation. Finally,SSTUKF is suggested through the adoption of adaptive fading factor and innovation criterion. The filter can switch between the normal filter mode and adaptive filter mode. As the calculation of innovation criterion is less than the adaptive fading factor,SSTUKF improves the estimation efficiency. To demonstrate the effectiveness,SSTUKF is applied to Star & Horizon sensor based autonomous navigation system with uncertain measurement noises. The simulation results verify the proposed algorithm.