An MMIC family for particle detector readout electronics

Author

Giannini, F. ; Limiti, E. ; Orengo, G.

Author_Institution

Rome Univ. Tor Vergata, Italy

Volume

4

fYear

1998

fDate

20-22 May 1998

Firstpage

254

Abstract

A family of GaAs monolithic front-end amplifiers, to be used in a large number of applications in present and future radiation detection experimental apparatus, is described in this paper. Design, realization and measurements are presented for MMICs especially designed for front-ends for RPC and GaAs cosmic ray detectors, among which a logarithmic amplifier, fiber optic and cable front-ends for data transmissions up to 2.5 Gbit/s, including ultra-fast pulse amplifiers up to 5 Gbit/s

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; cosmic ray apparatus; field effect MMIC; gallium arsenide; high-speed integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; pulse amplifiers; readout electronics; 2.5 Gbit/s; 5 Gbit/s; GaAs; GaAs monolithic front-end amplifiers; MMIC family; cosmic ray detectors; data transmission; logarithmic amplifier; particle detector readout electronics; radiation detection; ultra-fast pulse amplifiers; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Radiation detectors; Readout electronics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves and Radar, 1998. MIKON '98., 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Krakow

Print_ISBN

83-906662-0-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.1998.738474

Filename

738474