Low noise charge sensitive preamplifier DC stabilized without a physical resistor
Abstract
The invention is a novel charge sensitive preamplifier (CSP) which has no resistor in parallel with the feedback capacitor. No resetting circuit is required to discharge the feedback capacitor. The DC stabilization of the preamplifier is obtained by means of a second feedback loop between the preamplifier output and the common base transistor of the input cascode. The input transistor of the preamplifier is a Junction Field Transistor (JFET) with the gate-source junction forward biased. The detector leakage current flows into this junction. This invention is concerned with a new circuit configuration for a charge sensitive preamplifier and a novel use of the input Field Effect Transistor of the CSP itself. In particular this invention, in addition to eliminating the feedback resistor, eliminates the need for external devices between the detector and the preamplifier, and it eliminates the need for external circuitry to sense the output voltage and reset the CSP. Furthermore, the noise level of the novel CSP is very low, comparable with the performance achieved with other solutions. Experimental tests prove that this configuration for the charge sensitive preamplifier permits an excellent noise performance at temperatures including room temperature. An equivalent noise charge of less than 20 electronsmore »
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7149026
- Patent Number(s):
- 5347231
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 8-021239
- Assignee:
- Associated Universities, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 23 Feb 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; PREAMPLIFIERS; FEEDBACK; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; RADIO NOISE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; AMPLIFIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; NOISE; RADIATIONS; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TRANSISTORS; 426000* - Engineering- Components, Electron Devices & Circuits- (1990-)
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Bertuccio, G, Rehak, P, and Xi, D. Low noise charge sensitive preamplifier DC stabilized without a physical resistor. United States: N. p., 1994.
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@article{osti_7149026,
title = {Low noise charge sensitive preamplifier DC stabilized without a physical resistor},
author = {Bertuccio, G and Rehak, P and Xi, D},
abstractNote = {The invention is a novel charge sensitive preamplifier (CSP) which has no resistor in parallel with the feedback capacitor. No resetting circuit is required to discharge the feedback capacitor. The DC stabilization of the preamplifier is obtained by means of a second feedback loop between the preamplifier output and the common base transistor of the input cascode. The input transistor of the preamplifier is a Junction Field Transistor (JFET) with the gate-source junction forward biased. The detector leakage current flows into this junction. This invention is concerned with a new circuit configuration for a charge sensitive preamplifier and a novel use of the input Field Effect Transistor of the CSP itself. In particular this invention, in addition to eliminating the feedback resistor, eliminates the need for external devices between the detector and the preamplifier, and it eliminates the need for external circuitry to sense the output voltage and reset the CSP. Furthermore, the noise level of the novel CSP is very low, comparable with the performance achieved with other solutions. Experimental tests prove that this configuration for the charge sensitive preamplifier permits an excellent noise performance at temperatures including room temperature. An equivalent noise charge of less than 20 electrons r.m.s. has been measured at room temperature by using a commercial JFET as input device of the preamplifier. 6 figs.},
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year = {Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Tue Sep 13 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
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