Design and optimization of low-noise wide-bandwidth charge preamplifiers for high purity germanium detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 695-702

  Zocca, F ^a,b   Pullia, A ^a,b   Pascovici, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge sensitive preamplifier; Gamma ray spectroscopy; Germanium detector

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GERMANIUM; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CHARGE SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIERS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; PREAMPLIFIER NOISE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 42149163400     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.918739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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