Novel fully integrated OTA based front-end analog processor for X-rays silicon strip detectors

Author

Noulis, T. ; Deradonis, C. ; Siskos, S. ; Sarrabayrouse, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki

fYear

2006

fDate

16-19 May 2006

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

50

Abstract

A space application fully integrated preamplifier - shaper system for X-rays silicon strip detectors is developed. An operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) based shaper architecture with continuous variable peaking time and programmable gain is designed using advanced filter design techniques. Considerations about the noise performance, the bandwidth and the output signal processing flexibility are also presented. The system was designed in 0.6 mum AMS process. Analysis is supported by simulation results, which confirm the exceptional system performance

Keywords

X-ray detection; analogue integrated circuits; network synthesis; operational amplifiers; preamplifiers; signal processing; 0.6 mum; AMS process; X-rays silicon strip detectors; filter design techniques; front-end analog processor; integrated OTA; integrated preamplifier; operational transconductance amplifier; programmable gain; shaper architecture; signal processing; Bandwidth; Filters; Noise shaping; Operational amplifiers; Preamplifiers; Silicon; Strips; Transconductance; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2006. MELECON 2006. IEEE Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Malaga

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0087-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2006.1653032

Filename

1653032