Readout system for arrays of frisch-ring CdZnTe detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 849-853

  Cui, Yonggang ^a,b   Bolotnikov, Aleksey E ^a,b   Camarda, Giuseppe S ^b   Carini, Gabriella A ^a,b   De Geronimo, Gianluigi ^a,b   O'Connor, Paul ^a,b   James, Ralph B ^a,b   Kargar, Alireza ^c   Harrison, Mark Jason ^c   McGregor, Douglas S ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Berkeley Natl Lab   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdZnTe; Data acquisition system; Frisch ring detector

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; DATA ACQUISITION; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; FRISCH RING DETECTORS; RADIATION DETECTION;

READOUT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548083003     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.903174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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