Low noise, dual gain preamplifier with built in spectroscopic pulser for highly segmented high-purity germanium detectors

WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 470-481

  Pascovici, G ^a   Pullia, A ^b   Zocca, F ^b   Bruyneel, B ^a   Bazzacco, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extended ADC range; Fast preamplifier; Low noise; Tracking gamma spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYSIS; GERMANIUM; METALLIZING; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; PIPELINES; STANDARDS;

ANALOG ELECTRONICS; CHARGE SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIERS; DIGITIZER; DUAL-GAIN; DYNAMIC RANGE; ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EXTENDED ADC RANGE; FAST PREAMPLIFIER; FRONT-END ELECTRONICS; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTORS; HIGH-PURITY; HIGH-PURITY-GERMANIUM; INTRINSIC ENERGY RESOLUTION; LOW NOISE; PHOTON ENERGIES; POLE-ZERO CANCELLATION; PULSE-HEIGHT ANALYSIS; SELF-CALIBRATION; SOLID-STATE DETECTOR; TIME-OVER-THRESHOLD; TRACKING GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; VERY LOW NOISE; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE; ZERO-CROSSING DETECTOR;

DETECTORS;

EID: 48849104319     PISSN: 11092734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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