Hybrid pixel detectors are inherently modular and typically operate at relative low noise levels, while providing high spatial resolution, easing the assembling of large area detectors. This report summarizes the procedures and results regarding the characterization studies performed on the Medipix3RX ASIC based detector, known as PIMEGA, which was developed and is deployed at Sirius synchrotron facility at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory. They consist of modular constructions that reach up to 170 × 170 mm2 of active area, with 300 µm thick silicon sensors, and pixel size of 55 × 55 µm2. We investigated the spatial and energy resolutions, structural noise properties, and count-rate linearity up to large fluxes from the synchrotron beamlines. The Modulation Transfer Function presents a considerably slow decay rate as a function of the spatial frequency, reaching 30% at 10.5 lp/mm, for an operation with a threshold setting equivalent to half of the incident energy. We have also found that the energy resolutions of the two highest gain modes are around 15% for 17.5 keV incident photons. In particular, we have found that, for a noise-suppressing set of configurations, the detector presents a dead time of 460 ± 10 ns. Additionally, the pile-up effect leads to a 10% loss of linearity at input fluxes of 2.3 × 105 photons/pixel.s. These results open the possibility for operating these devices with in-depth knowledge of their performance, allowing various scientific experiments, such as X-ray diffraction, computed controlled tomography, and ptychography.
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