A 32-channel, 0.25 μm CMOS ASIC for the readout of the silicon drift detectors of the ALICE experiment

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 1942-1947

  Mazza, G ^a   Rivetti, A ^a   Anelli, G ^b   Anghinolfi, F ^b   Martinez, M I ^a   Rotondo, F ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A D conversion; Drift detectors; Front end electronics; Mixed mode circuits; Radiation tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IRRADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

A/D CONVERSION; FRONT-END ELECTRONICS; MIXED-MODE CIRCUITS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SILICON DRIFT DETECTORS (SDD);

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 8344229312     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.834716     Document Type: Article

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