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Title: A novel charge sensitive preamplifier without the feedback resistor

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10158886
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy). Dipt. di Elettronica e Informazione
  2. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)

A novel charge sensitive preamplifier which has no resistor in parallel with the feedback capacitor is presented. No external device or circuit is required to discharge the feedback capacitor. The detector leakage and signal current flows away through the gate of the first JFET which works with its gate to source junction slightly forward biased. The DC stabilization of the preamplifier is accomplished by an additional feedback loop, which permits to equalize the current flowing through the forward baised gate to source junction and the current coming from the detector. An equivalent noise charge of less than 20 electrons r.m.s. has been measured at room temperature by using an input JFET with a transconductance to gate capacitance ratio of 4 mS/5.4 pF.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
10158886
Report Number(s):
BNL-47525; CONF-920299-3; ON: DE92015842; IN: OG-1184
Resource Relation:
Conference: 6. European symposium on semiconductor detectors,Milano (Italy),24-27 Feb 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English