CRYOGENIC VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIER USING GAAS-MESFETS OF LOW 1/F NOISE

被引:23
作者
ALESSANDRELLO, A
BROFFERIO, C
CAMIN, DV
GIULIANI, A
PESSINA, G
PREVITALI, E
机构
[1] UNIV MILAN,DEPARTIMENTO FIS,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY
[2] NATL INST NUCL PHYS,MILAN,ITALY
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(90)90720-Q
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A voltage-sensitive preamplifier using GaAs MESFETs of low 1 f{hook} noise has been developed. The voltage gain is fixed to 51. With a total power dissipation of 54 mW the preamplifier's series noise level at 4 K is 9 nV/Hz 1 2 at 100 Hz and 0.3 nV/Hz 1 2 at 100 kHz. The input bias current of the preamplifier was determined to be lower than 10 fA below 100 K. Response to a step pulse gave a rise time of 40 ns when loaded with a 130 pF load. The voltage-sensitive preamplifier is presently used in Milano for signal readout and characterization of large-mass bolometric particle detectors. An energy resolution of 13 keV for the 1330 keV of a 60Co gamma source was obtained with an 11 g Ge bolometric detector readout with this preamplifier. © 1990.
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