A charge sensitive preamplifier for high peak stability in spectroscopic measurements at high counting rates

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 III, 2005, Pages 1603-1610

  Fiorini, Carlo ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charge preamplifier; Silicon drift detector; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PREAMPLIFIER; FEEDBACK CAPACITORS; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR;

CAPACITORS; JUNCTION GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 29144498317     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.856733     Document Type: Article

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