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Charge-sensitive poly-silicon TFT amplifiers for a-Si:H pixel particle detectors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10161316
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
  2. Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, CA (United States)

Prototype charge-sensitive poly-Si TFT amplifiers have been made for the amplification of signals (from an a-Si:H pixel diode used as an ionizing particle detector). They consist of a charge-sensitive gain stage, a voltage gain stage and a source follower output stage. The gain-bandwidth product of the amplifier is {approximately} 300 MHz. When the amplifier is connected to a pixel detector of 0.2 pF, it gives a charge-to-voltage gain of {approximately} 0.02 mV/electrons with a pulse rise time less than 100 nsec. An equivalent noise charge of the front-end TFT is {approximately} 1000 electrons for a shaping time of 1 {mu}sec.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
10161316
Report Number(s):
LBL--32219; CONF-920402--41; ON: DE92016915
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English