Design of a radiation-hardened, low-noise, high-speed charge pre-amplifier for the Superconducting Super Collider

Author

Wurtz, L. ; DiBitonto, D.

Author_Institution

Alabama Univ., Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

1-4 Apr 1990

Firstpage

370

Abstract

A charge preamplifier which has been developed for the warm-liquid calorimeter experiments in the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) is presented. The amplifier has been designed for implementation in a Harris dielectrically isolated, radiation-hardened, very-high-frequency BiFET IC technology. SPICE simulations after 3 Mrd of gamma ray and 3×10¹⁴/cm² of neutron exposure show that the amplifier has high gain (0.5 V/1 pC), high speed (10-ns rise time), low noise (~378 electrons RMS), and low power consumption (<49 mW). Some of the design considerations and performances are discussed

Keywords

instrumentation amplifiers; linear integrated circuits; monolithic integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; preamplifiers; radiation hardening (electronics); 49 mW; BiFET IC technology; Harris dielectrically isolated; SPICE simulations; SSC; Superconducting Super Collider; charge preamplifier; gamma ray exposure; high-speed; low power consumption; low-noise; neutron exposure; radiation-hardened; very-high-frequency; warm-liquid calorimeter experiments; Dielectrics; High power amplifiers; Integrated circuit noise; Isolation technology; Low-noise amplifiers; Neutrons; Preamplifiers; SPICE; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '90. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1990.117836

Filename

117836