The POEMS strip detector ASIC chip

In this paper we report on the design and performance of a new Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for use with silicon strip detectors. This ASIC chip was designed for the positron–Electron Magnet Spectrometer experiment (POEMS), which has been proposed as a NASA small explorer payload. The ASIC performs as designed, with a noise figure of 800 electrons ENC with a 10 pF load, while using only 170 μW per channel.