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Front-End Cmos Transimpedance Amplifiers On A Silicon Photomultiplier Resistant To Fast Neutron Fluence, Mario Valles Montenegro
Front-End Cmos Transimpedance Amplifiers On A Silicon Photomultiplier Resistant To Fast Neutron Fluence, Mario Valles Montenegro
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Radiation hard electronics are indispensable in providing reliable diagnostics in fast radiation detection, which are necessary for new fundamental science research. In the case of radiation detection, transimpedance amplifiers are needed to magnify low photodetector signals to readable levels reliably. This thesis investigates a way to design a transimpedance CMOS-front-end transimpedance amplifier (TIA) as a first stage front-end amplifier. The TIA is to be mounted on silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), as a photodetector in fast neutron scintillation experiments capable of sustaining up to 10^15 n/cm of fast neutrons in the range of 0.1 to 20 MeV. The proposed TIA was designed …