Title :
A Low Noise CMOS Integrated Signal Processor for Multi-Element Particle Detectors
Author :
Heijne, Erik H.M. ; Jarrón, Pierre
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
A full custom chip has been built for readout of a multi-element silicon detector in the UA2 collider experiment at CERN. The low-noise performance enables the use of this chip for detecting random particles or single X-ray photons of medium energy (~ 20 keV). It can be used equally well in various other types of particle detectors which produce random signals. The noise is sufficiently low (≪ 0.09 fC r.m.s.) for detection of signals of ~ 0.8 fC, corresponding to 20 keV energy deposit in a silicon detector.
Keywords :
CMOS process; Filtering; Pulse amplifiers; Radiation detectors; Resistors; Semiconductor device noise; Signal processing; Silicon radiation detectors; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1988. ESSCIRC '88. Fourteenth European
Conference_Location :
Manchester, UK
