A power-efficient, low-noise, wideoand, integrated cmos preamplifier for lso/apd pet systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 2, 2000, Pages 810-817

  Binkley, D M ^a   Puckett, B S ^a  

^a Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); AVALANCHE DIODES; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE; WHITE NOISE;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CHARGE SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0034204935     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.856522     Document Type: Article

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