Preliminary results from a current mode CMOS front-end circuit for silicon photomultiplier detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 360-365

  Corsi, F ^a   Marzocca, C ^a   Foresta, M ^a   Matarrese, G ^a   Del Guerra, A ^b   Marcatili, S ^b   Llosa, G ^b   Collazuol, G ^b   Dalla Betta, G F ^c   Piemonte, C ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONMETALS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SILICON; SILICON DETECTORS;

BLUE LED; CIRCUIT PROTOTYPE; CURRENT BUFFERED; CURRENT FEEDBACK; CURRENT MODES; DEEP-SUBMICRON CMOS; DYNAMIC RANGE; FRONT-END CIRCUITS; INPUT IMPEDANCES; LARGE CURRENT; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48349110233     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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