A high-speed low-noise 16-channel CSA with automatic leakage compensation in 0.35-μm CMOS process for APD-based PET detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 444-453

  Oo, K T Z ^a,b,c,d   Mandelli, E ^a,b,e   Moses, W W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

^e AltaSens   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic leakage compensation; Avalanche photodiode (APD); Charge sensitive amplifier; CSA; Front end readout; High speed low noise charge amplifier; MOS reset replica bias; PET

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LOADS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; PHOTODIODES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSISTORS;

AUTOMATIC LEAKAGE COMPENSATION; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; CHANNEL CHARGE-SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIER (CSA); HIGH-SPEED LOW-NOISE CHARGE AMPLIFIER;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250782551     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.893326     Document Type: Article

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