CMOS Front-End Electronics for Radiation Sensors

by A. Rivetti

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ISBN-13: 9781466563100
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466563100
Publisher: CRC Press
Publication date: Apr 15, 2015
Series: Devices, Circuits, and Systems Series
Pages: 500

Overview

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of front-end electronics for radiation detection. It discusses the fundamental principles of signal processing for radiation detectors and describes circuits at the level of functional building blocks, omitting transistor-level implementation. It also covers important system-level topics commonly found in the world of front-end electronics for radiation sensors. The book develops the topics in detail, with a constant focus on practical problems and real implementation examples that also provide insights and stimuli for more experienced engineers already working in the field.

Topics

  • Key Prerequisites
  • Noise: A Review of Fundamental Concepts
  • Time-Invariant Front-End Circuits
  • Time-Variant Front-End Circuits
  • CMOS Transistors
  • Basic Building Block for Front-End Electronics
  • Transistor-Level Design of Front-End Stages
  • Discriminators
  • Digital-to-Analog Converters
  • Analog-to-Digital Converters
  • Time-to-Digital-Converters
  • Biasing Circuits and Power Management
  • I/O Circuits
  • System-Level Aspects in Front-End Electronics
  • Highly Integrated Front-End Systems

Table of contents

  • Ch.1 - Introduction to Front-End systems for radiation detection
  • Ch.2 - Review of MOS transitor and CMOS technologies
  • Ch.3 - Input stages
  • Ch.4 - Input stages in the frequency domain
  • Ch.5 - Noise
  • Ch.6 - Time-invariant shapers
  • Ch.7 - Time-variant shapers
  • Ch.8 - Transistor-level implementations
  • Ch.9 - Discriminators
  • Ch.10 - Data converters