DISCRETE ANALOG ELECTRONICS FOR HIGH-RESISTIVITY SILICON DETECTORS USED FOR X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY IN WHOLE-BODY MONITORING

Authors
DECARLAN L BURGER P CAHAN B FRANCK D MAZUR C PASSERIEUX JP PIHET P
Citation
L. Decarlan et al., DISCRETE ANALOG ELECTRONICS FOR HIGH-RESISTIVITY SILICON DETECTORS USED FOR X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY IN WHOLE-BODY MONITORING, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 380(1-2), 1996, pp. 371-375
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
380
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
371 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)380:1-2<371:DAEFHS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The work is aimed at developing an in vivo spectroscopy system for rad iation protection monitoring to improve the lung detection of Pu-239 a nd Am-241. Silicon components have been investigated for high-resoluti on spectroscopy (2 keV) at room temperature to measure 59.5 keV Am-241 gamma rays. The requirements and constraints of such device are revie wed. The work is focused on analog electronics and detector developmen t. As a first step, multi-channel electronic circuits based on a low-n oise charge-sensitive preamplifier have been built by carrying the FET s and feedback capacitances close to the strips. The performance is pr esented for a large-area strip silicon detector (3 x 3 cm(2)). Measure ments are compared with simulations and discussed with respect to appl ication requirements.