• DocumentCode
    1390595
  • Title

    Bipolar pulsed reset for AC coupled charge-sensitive preamplifiers

  • Author

    Landis, D.A. ; Madden, N.W. ; Goulding, F.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Eng., Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., CA, USA
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    6/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    805
  • Lastpage
    809
  • Abstract
    A new type of charge restoration is described for use particularly in germanium gamma-ray spectrometers for accelerator and space physics applications. A bipolar pulsed reset technique is applied to these applications for the first time. This technique overcomes the problems introduced by the need here to AC couple detectors and the fact that very large energy depositions occur due to charged particles present in substantial fluxes, particularly in space. The circuit is described and experimental results are presented and discussed
  • Keywords
    bipolar analogue integrated circuits; gamma-ray spectrometers; germanium radiation detectors; nuclear electronics; preamplifiers; AC coupled charge-sensitive preamplifiers; Ge; bipolar pulsed reset; charge restoration; charged particles; germanium gamma-ray spectrometers; large energy depositions; Capacitors; Coupling circuits; Feedback; Gamma ray detectors; Germanium; Preamplifiers; Resistors; Signal detection; Spectroscopy; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.682641
  • Filename
    682641