VMM1 - An ASIC for micropattern detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2314-2321

  De Geronimo, Gianluigi ^a   Fried, Jack ^a   Li, Shaorui ^a   Metcalfe, Jessica ^a   Nambiar, Neena ^a   Vernon, Emerson ^a   Polychronakos, Venetios ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASIC; DDF; micropattern; sub hysteresis; Time over Threshold (ToT)

Indexed keywords

DDF; DIGITAL OUTPUT; DISSIPATIVE FEEDBACKS; MICRO PATTERN; MICRO-PATTERN DETECTORS; SUB-HYSTERESIS; TIME OVER THRESHOLDS; TIMING MEASUREMENT;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 84879248565     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2013.2258683     Document Type: Article

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