The ALTRO Chip: A 16-Channel A/D Converter and Digital Processor for Gas Detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6 II, 2003, Pages 2460-2469

  Bosch, R Esteve ^a,b   De Parga, A Jiménez ^a   Mota, B ^a   Musa, L ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analog digital conversion; CMOS mixed analog digital integrated circuit; Data processing; Digital filter; Gas detector

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL FILTERS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GAS DETECTORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SPECTROMETERS;

CMOS MIXED ANALOG-DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS (TPC);

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 1242265119     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.820629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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