ICON, a current mode preamplifier in CMOS technology for use with high rate particle detectors

Author

Anghinolfi, F. ; Aspell, P. ; Campbell, M. ; Heijne, E.H.M. ; Jarron, P. ; Meddeler, G. ; Santiard, J.C. ; Buytaert, S.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

629

Abstract

A current mode preamplifier named ICON is intended for use in experiments at high-rate hadron colliders. The transient response and noise performance have been analyzed. One chip has been made using an ICON circuit with resistive feedback to produce a preamplifier with a peaking time below 10 ns. This fast preamplifier has a gain of 870 mV/pC and a power dissipation of around 1 mW. Another chip was made which uses the ICON circuit as the front-end to a dual port analog memory. The noise measured is between 2500 e/sup -/ and 3000 e/sup -/. An important characteristic of ICON is that it can tolerate a detector leakage current of 10 mu A at the DC coupled input. Therefore, it is very suitable for silicon detector systems under several radiation conditions.<>

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; particle detectors; preamplifiers; 10 muA; CMOS technology; DC coupled input; ICON; Si detector; current mode preamplifier; detector leakage current; dual port analog memory; front-end; high rate particle detectors; high-rate hadron colliders; noise performance; peaking time; power dissipation; resistive feedback; several radiation conditions; transient response; Analog memory; CMOS technology; Circuit noise; Feedback circuits; Noise measurement; Performance analysis; Power dissipation; Preamplifiers; Semiconductor device measurement; Transient response;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.259014

Filename

259014