Unipolar Charge Sensing with Coplanar Electrodes—Application to Semiconductor Detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 207-213

  Luke, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GAMMA RAYS; IONS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; POLARIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BRIDGMAN GROWTH PROCESS; COPLANAR ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRAPPING; FRISCH GRIDS; GAS ION CHAMBERS; HOLE COLLECTION CHARACTERISTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0029357607     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467848     Document Type: Article

References (10)

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10. Obtained from eV Products, Saxonburg, PA; specified as “spectrometer grade”.