Integration of a 16-channel low power CMOS instrumentation chain for electron and charged particle detection in astrophysics

2010 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1063-1066

  Bouyjou, F ^a,b   Tap Beteille H ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^b   Molina, R ^b   Aoustin, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Charge pre amplifier; CMOS; Discriminator; Microchannel plate; Pulse shaper

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CHIP AREAS; CMOS; CMOS PROCESSS; CONVERSION GAIN; EMBEDDED APPLICATION; EQUIVALENT NOISE CHARGES; HIGH SPEED RESPONSE; LOW NOISE; LOW POWER CMOS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MICROCHANNEL PLATE; OUTPUT CAPACITOR; POWER CONSUMPTION; PRE-AMPLIFIERS; PULSE RATE; PULSE SHAPER; RISETIMES;

ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DISCRIMINATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROCHANNELS; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77957828468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2010.5488227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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