A VLSI analog pipeline read-out for electrode segmented ionization chambers

Authors
Bonazzola, GC Bouvier, C Cirio, R Donetti, M Figus, M Marchetto, F Peroni, C Pernigotti, E Thenard, JM Zampieri, A
Citation
Gc. Bonazzola et al., A VLSI analog pipeline read-out for electrode segmented ionization chambers, NUCL INST A, 426(2-3), 1999, pp. 544-550
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
426
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
544 - 550
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990501)426:2-3<544:AVAPRF>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report on the design and test of a 32-channel VLSI chip based on the ana log pipeline memory concept. The charge from a strip of a ionization chambe r, is stored as a function of time in a switched capacitor array. The cell reading can be done in parallel with the writing. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.