Cryogenic capacitive transimpedance amplifier for astronomical infrared detectors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-278

  Nagata, H ^a   Shibai, H ^b   Hirao, T ^b   Watabe, T ^b   Noda, M ^c   Hibi, Y ^b   Kawada, M ^b   Nakagawa, T ^d  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capacitive transimpedance amplifier; Cryogenic electronics; Far infrared array sensors; Far infrared astronomy; MOSFETs; Silicon

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INFRARED DEVICES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ASTRONOMICAL INFRARED DETECTORS; CRYOGENIC CAPACITIVE TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER; CRYOGENIC ELECTRONICS; FAR INFRARED ARRAY SENSORS; FAR INFRARED ASTRONOMY; OUTPUT VOLTAGE SWING;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0442311256     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2003.821764     Document Type: Article

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