A monolithic implementation of a switched-current “wheel” amplifier for multichannel silicon drift detectors

Author

Fiorini, C. ; Pullia, A. ; Novellini, P. ; Gatti, E. ; Longoni, A. ; Buttler, W.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

6/20/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

64

Abstract

In this paper we present a new VLSI shaper amplifier suitable for multi-anode silicon drift detectors, or other multi-element solid-state X-ray detection systems. The readout scheme has been conceived and developed for demanding applications with synchrotron light sources, such as X-ray holography or EXAFS experiments, where both high count-rates and high energy resolutions are required. The circuit is of time-variant nature, accepts randomly distributed events and features: a finite-width (1.1 μs) weight function, a low-level energy discrimination, a low power consumption (a few mW per channel) and a full compatibility for monolithic integration in CMOS technology

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; X-ray detection; discriminators; drift chambers; nuclear electronics; pulse amplifiers; pulse shaping circuits; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; CMOS technology; Si; VLSI shaper amplifier; X-ray detection; low-level energy discrimination; monolithic implementation; multichannel Si drift detectors; randomly distributed events; readout scheme; switched-current wheel amplifier; CMOS technology; Energy resolution; Holography; Light sources; Silicon; Solid state circuits; Synchrotrons; Very large scale integration; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1998. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5021-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774810

Filename

774810