First readout of a 64 × 64 DEPFET matrix with vela circuit

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3789-3795

  Bombelli, Luca ^a,b   Fiorini, Carlo ^a,b   Ricca, Angelo Antonino ^b   Porro, Matteo ^c,d   Herrmann, Sven ^c,d   Wassatsch, Andreas ^d,e   Treis, Johannes ^d,f   Lauf, Thomas ^c,d   Lechner, Peter ^g  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuits; Analog processing; Astrophysics instrumentation; CMOS circuits; Readout electronics; Silicon radiation detectors; X ray astronomy; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; ANALOG PROCESSING; CMOS CIRCUITS; READOUT ELECTRONICS; SILICON RADIATION DETECTORS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ASTROPHYSICS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DRAIN CURRENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INSTRUMENTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PIXELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SILICON DETECTORS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS;

EID: 72349084727     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2034519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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