Charge collection in CSA:

Model for charge collection and cross talk signals for ABCD3T ASIC (ATLAS SCT Front End chip); pdf presentation and Mathematica file

Comparison of charge collection and cross talk signals in charge and transimpedance preamplifiers: pdf presentation and Mathematica file-charge and file-transimp

Calculation of the ENC for CSA built with CMOS devices:

Description of the noise models and examples of calculations of ENC for CSA with CMOS devices; pdf document and Mathematica files

C routines for calculation and display of ENC (to be executed in root); C file

C routines for calculation and display of ENC for 65nm processs taking into account velocity saturation effect (to be executed in root); CVS file

Model files for commercial 250 ,130 and 65nm CMOS technology nodes; tar file

Detailed calculation of propagation of noise sources to preamplifer output can be found in the pub. Appendix 7.3

Calculation of the ENC for CSA built with Bipolar devices:

Description of the noise models and examples of calculations of ENC for CSA with Bipolar devices; link to NIM article and Mathematica files

C routines for calculation and display of ENC (to be executed in root); C file

Model files for DMILL and example of SiGe BJT transistors ; tar file

Detailed calculation of propagation of noise sources to preamplifier output can be found in the pub. Appendix 7.1

Review of the input stages used in CSA:

Review of the noise performance of the basic CSA architectures (common gate amplifier, super common gate amplifier, cascode and regulated cascode); link to CERN EP Tech Note and Mathematica files

Poles and zeroes of the Krummenacher feedback:

Analytical analysis of the poles and zeroes of the buffered preamplifier enclosed with Krummenacher feedback: schematic/equations and Mathematica file

Analytical analysis of the discharge current in Krummenacher feedback for large swing signal (high preamp gain/large signal): schematic/equations and Mathematica file

Seminars:

• Front end electronics for semiconductor detectors in HEP

• Evaluation of stability in Charge Sensitive Amplifiers (CSA)  (version 30/11/2015)

• Talk at FEE2016 Front end electronics for silicon strip detectors in submicron technologies