XFlash® 4030 Detector

The XFlash® 4030 Detector

The XFlash® 4030 is the latest addition to the XFlash® family of silicon drift detectors (SDD). The very special highlight of this detector is that its SDD chip has an active area of 30 mm² housed in a detector finger no wider than that of our 10 mm² XFlash® 4010 Detector. This means it offers the same optimal geometric conditions of this detector plus the added benefit of having triple the sensitive area and therefore also covering three times the solid angle.

These properties make this detector the instrument of choice for low beam current / count rate conditions like found in cold-cathode field emission SEMs or TEMs. Neverteheless the XFlash® 4030 can also easily cope with high input count rates up to 1,000,000 cps.

In summary, the XFlash® 4030 offers the following advantages:

  • very good energy resolution (133 eV at MnKα at 100,000 cps)
  • extremely high pulse load capacity,
  • very good light element performance (detection range boron (5) to americium (95)),
  • no elaborate, vibration-generating cooling systems,
  • immediately available after power-on,
  • low operating cost,
  • maintenance-free operation,
  • small dimensions,
  • low weight.

We recommend the XFlash® 4030 for

  • EDS systems for SEMs (especially field emission SEMs),
  • EDS systems for TEMs and
  • high sensitivity and high resolution XRF systems.