High resolution, hard X-ray digital imagers for non-destructive testing applications

我们拟议的战略合作伙伴关系赠款将导致为橱柜数字X射线系统开发新的高性能图像传感器，这将使加拿大制造业受益匪浅。X射线柜系统是交钥匙设备，通常包括X射线源、样品台和X射线探测器，所有这些都安装在屏蔽罩中。这些系统的便携性、性能和成本使其在无损检测(NDT)应用中具有吸引力，在制造环境中对完整的产品进行微米级内部缺陷检查。通过将非晶硒等对X射线敏感的非晶半导体材料与互补金属氧化物半导体(CMOS)集成像素阵列相结合，我们将创造出与现有无损检测技术相比，将提供更高分辨率、识别率、准确性和数据捕获速度的X射线检测和测量技术。这些改进将提高加拿大汽车、航空航天和电子设备制造商使用的工艺的生产率和质量控制，这些制造商依赖2-D和3-D无损检测进行完整性验证、故障分析、工艺验证和原型评估。这个项目是与Teledyne DALSA(T-DALSA)合作进行的，T-DALSA是一家总部位于加拿大滑铁卢的加拿大公司，在加拿大各地都有设计和制造中心。我们的研究涉及培养制造业和信息技术行业的工程学研究生。这些高素质的人才(HQP)对于保持加拿大在全球的技术优势至关重要。

Our proposed Strategic Partnership Grant will lead to the development of new high-performance image sensors for cabinet digital X-ray systems that will significantly benefit Canada's manufacturing sector. X-ray cabinet systems are turnkey devices normally comprising an X-ray source, sample stage, and X-ray detector all housed in a shielded enclosure. The portability, performance, and cost of these systems make them attractive for use in non-destructive test (NDT) applications where intact products in a manufacturing environment are inspected for micrometre-scale internal defects. By combining X-ray-sensitive amorphous semiconductor materials such as amorphous selenium with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated pixel arrays, we will create X-ray inspection and measurement technology that will provide better resolution, recognition, accuracy, and speed of data capture compared to existing technologies used for NDT. These improvements will enhance productivity and quality control in processes used by Canadian automotive, aerospace, and electronic device manufacturers that rely on 2-D and 3-D NDT for integrity verification, failure analysis, process validation, and prototype evaluation. This project is being carried out in collaboration with Teledyne DALSA (T-DALSA), a Canadian company with headquarters in Waterloo, ON and that has design and manufacturing centers across Canada. Our research involves training graduate engineering students in the manufacturing and information technology industries. Such highly-qualified personnel (HQP) are essential to maintaining Canada's technological advantage globally.