Got this sensor unit for close to nothing and since it looks rather expensive, I thought I'ld rather ask here if it seems familiar to someone before I use possibly destructive methods to identify it...
It consists of (what I'ld identify as) a PSU module that's permanently linked (via a RG316-like coax cable) to a sensor module. The sensor itself is contained in a (probably evacuated) stainless steel capsule that is equipped with a (probably very thin) metallic window. There's another cable coming from the sensor module that is connected via an SMB (or similar) connector to an amplifier board that was mounted in a brass shield right on top of the sensor. The PSU and the sensor interface are completely covered in polyurethane resin so there's no way to analyze them without a high risk of causing permanent damage to them. The amplifier board carries the "Thermo" label which makes me believe it's from a Thermo Scientific instrument of sorts.
The sticker "K
α Ge" on the PSU module indicates that it could be a proportional X-ray sensor of some kind and that this assembly could originate from an X-ray fluorescense analyzer (XRF machine). But I don't think that it could be a Ge(rmanium) sensor since these are usually cooled and there's no way that the detector was cooled together with the amplifier attached to it the way I received the assembly. But of course, I'm not sure if the assemblies might have been bolted together only for shipping / storage.
Anyway, I'ld be grateful for any information that may be useful finding a decision what to do with this sensor assembly and possibly getting it working again...
Thanks,
Thomas