A tunable pulse-shaping filter for use in a nuclear spectrometer system

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 850-855

  Walker, Paul D ^a,b   Green, Michael M ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b Silicon Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETERS; STEP RESPONSE; TUNING;

GAUSSIAN SHAPED PULSE; NUCLEAR SPECTROMETER SYSTEM; PULSE SHAPING FILTERS;

ELECTRIC FILTERS;

EID: 0030173488     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.509873     Document Type: Article

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