Integration of front-end electronics with gaas pixel detectors: experimental and feasibility analysis

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 3, 1999, Pages 1209-1214

  Bertuccio, G ^a   Canali, C ^a   De Geronimo, G ^a   Lanzieri, C ^a   Longoni, A ^a   Nava, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MESFET DEVICES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

FRONT END ELECTRONICS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE PIXEL DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0033322081     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.785735     Document Type: Article

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