Low Noise Pre-amplifier/Amplifier Chain for High Capacitance Sensors

Author

Adl, Sanaz ; Peckerar, Martin

Author_Institution

Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park

fYear

2007

fDate

6-8 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

A low-noise readout array is proposed for use with high capacitance detectors. The readout array is composed of a pre-amplifier/amplifier chain. The signal processing chain is designed for use with CdZnTe gamma ray detectors employed by NASA for radiation detection. This approach employs correlated double sampling and capacitive matching to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. The readout array is custom designed to fit into one detector pixel. The pre-amplifier/amplifier chain is designed and simulated in 0.13u CMOS8RF IBM technology. The readout array results show that the signal-to-noise ratio is significantly improved compared to previous work done in this field.

Keywords

capacitive sensors; image sensors; low noise amplifiers; capacitive matching; correlated double sampling; folded cascode amplifiers; gamma ray detectors; high capacitance detectors; high capacitance sensors; low noise amplifier chain; low noise readout array; Array signal processing; Capacitance; Capacitive sensors; Gamma ray detectors; Low-noise amplifiers; NASA; Process design; Sensor arrays; Signal design; Signal to noise ratio; capacitive sensors; detectors; folded cascode amplifiers; pre-amplifier/amplifier chain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors Applications Symposium, 2007. SAS '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0678-1

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0678-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAS.2007.374390

Filename

4248512