The Silicon Tracker Readout Electronics of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
Journal Article
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· IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
A unique electronics system has been built and tested for reading signals from the silicon-strip detectors of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope mission. The system amplifies and processes signals from 884,736 36-cm strips using only 160 W of power, and it achieves close to 100% detection efficiency with noise occupancy sufficiently low to allow it to self trigger. The design of the readout system is described, and results are presented from ground-based testing of the completed detector system.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 876756
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-11713; IETNAE; TRN: US200616%%432
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 53; ISSN 0018-9499
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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