학술논문
The silicon tracker readout electronics of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope
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Conference
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Source
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 Nuclear Science Symposium Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE. 1:196-200 2005
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ISSN
1082-3654
Abstract
A unique electronics system has been built and tested for reading signals from the silicon-strip detectors of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope mission. The system amplifies and processes signals from 884,736 36-cm strips using only 160 W of power, and it achieves close to 100% detection efficiency with noise occupancy sufficiently low to allow it to self trigger. The design of the readout system is described, and results are presented from ground-based testing of the completed detector system.