A low-noise, wide-band CMOS charge-sensitive preamplifier for use with APD/LSO PET detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1666-1671

  Paulus, Michael J ^a   Rochelle, James M ^b   Andreaco, Mark S ^a   Binkley, David M ^a  

^a CTI Inc   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); AVALANCHE DIODES; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; GATES (TRANSISTOR); PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CMOS CHARGE SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIER; EQUIVALENT INPUT NOISE; FLICKER NOISE CORNER; FOLDED CASCODE CIRCUIT; GATE TRANSISTOR; PET DETECTORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0030169987     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.507167     Document Type: Article

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