Low-Noise Analog Channel for the Readout of the Si(Li) Detector of the GAPS Experiment
- 8 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 68 (11), 2661-2669
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tns.2021.3118980
Abstract
This work is focused on the design and the experimental characterization of an analog channel developed for the read out of lithium-drifted silicon detectors of the General AntiParticle Spectrometer experiment aimed at the search for dark matter. The instrument is designed for the identification of antideuteron particles from cosmic rays during an Antarctic balloon mission scheduled for late 2022. A low-noise analog front-end, featuring a dynamic signal compression to comply with the wide input range, has been designed in a commercial 180 nm CMOS technology. The channel was fabricated in 2018 and is the first building block toward the development of a multichannel readout ASIC. The paper will provide a description of the design criteria, the architecture of the channel, and a summary of the results of the experimental characterization.Keywords
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