Development of a low noise preamplifier for the detection and position determination of single electrons in a Cerenkov ring imaging detector by charge division
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 35 (1) , 231-236
- https://doi.org/10.1109/23.12714
Abstract
A preamplifier using a low-noise dual-gate MOSFET front end has been designed, built, and tested. It performs well, having a noise level of about 500 electrons RMS at a shaping time of 65 ns. It is linear over its entire range to better than 1%. It has been used to detect single photoelectrons in a Cerenkov ring imaging detector. A single channel contains preamp, RC-CR shaper, gain adjustment, driver, and calibration circuitry. The circuit is described in detail, and results of noise and linearity measurements are presented.< >Keywords
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