A Self-Adjusting Constant-Current Source Follower for CMOS Preamplifiers of Semiconductor Detector Signals

Abstract-Cryogenic low-noise charge sensitive preamplifiers have been developed and realized for the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA). An integrated JFET-CMOS preamplifier, which is fully functional at cryogenic temperatures, has been tested in conjunction with an unsegmented p-type HPGe detector. Both the crystal and the preamplifier were operated inside a liquid nitrogen dewar at 77 K. The detector capacitance was 60 pF.

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“…The current load is provided by a NMOS transistor acting as a driver. The detailed structure of the CMOS amplifier is described in [6], [7].…”

Section: Detector Setup and Charge-preamplifier Structurementioning

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Cryogenic Performance of a Low-Noise JFET-CMOS Preamplifier for HPGe Detectors

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Zocca

Riboldi

et al. 2010

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.

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Progress on AlGaN-based solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors and focal plane arrays

et al. 2021

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Solar-blind ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors (PDs) have attracted tremendous attention in the environmental, industrial, military, and biological fields. As a representative III-nitride material, AlGaN alloys have broad development prospects in the field of solar-blind detection due to their superior properties, such as tunable wide bandgaps for intrinsic UV detection. In recent decades, a variety of AlGaN-based PDs have been developed to achieve high-precision solar-blind UV detection. As integrated optoelectronic technology advances, AlGaN-based focal plane arrays (FPAs) are manufactured and exhibit outstanding solar-blind imaging capability. Considering the rapid development of AlGaN detection techniques, this paper comprehensively reviews the progress on AlGaN-based solar-blind UV PDs and FPAs. First, the basic physical properties of AlGaN are presented. The epitaxy and p-type doping problems of AlGaN alloys are then discussed. Diverse PDs, including photoconductors and Schottky, metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM), p-i-n, and avalanche photodiodes (APDs), are demonstrated, and the physical mechanisms are analyzed to improve device performance. Additionally, this paper summarizes imaging technologies used with AlGaN FPAs in recent years. Benefiting from the development of AlGaN materials and optoelectronic devices, solar-blind UV detection technology is greeted with significant revolutions.

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