Design and characterization of the BVX: an 8-channel CMOS preamplifier-shaper for silicon strips

Author

Britton, C.L., Jr. ; Alley, G.T. ; Simpson, M.L. ; Wintenberg, A.L. ; Yarema, R.J. ; Zimmerman, T. ; Boissevain, J. ; Collier, W. ; Jacak, V. ; Simon-Gillo, J. ; Sondheim, W. ; Sullivan, J.P. ; Lockyer, N.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

25-31 Oct 1992

Firstpage

459

Abstract

The authors present the design and characterization of an eight-channel preamplifier-shaper intended for use with silicon strip detectors ranging in capacitance from 1 to 20 pF. The nominal peaking time of the circuit is 200 ns with an adjustment range of ±50 ns. The circuit has a pitch (width) of 85 μm/channel with a power dissipation of 1.2 mW/channel, and has been fabricated in 2 μm p-well CMOS. The 0 pF noise is 330 e with a noise slope of 64 e/pF. The design approach is presented as well as both test bench and strip detector measurements

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; preamplifiers; pulse shaping circuits; semiconductor device noise; 1 to 20 pF; 200 ns; 8-channel; BVX; CMOS preamplifier-shaper; Si strip detector; design; noise; peaking time; Capacitance; Circuit noise; Circuit topology; Crosstalk; Detectors; Laboratories; Mirrors; Preamplifiers; Silicon; Strips;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0884-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301292

Filename

301292