Award Date

5-1-2020

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Committee Member

R. J. Baker

Second Committee Member

Pushkin Kachroo

Third Committee Member

Biswajit Das

Fourth Committee Member

Thomas Hartmann

Number of Pages

68

Abstract

Radiation hard electronics are indispensable in providing reliable diagnostics in fast radiation detection, which are necessary for new fundamental science research. In the case of radiation detection, transimpedance amplifiers are needed to magnify low photodetector signals to readable levels reliably. This thesis investigates a way to design a transimpedance CMOS-front-end transimpedance amplifier (TIA) as a first stage front-end amplifier. The TIA is to be mounted on silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), as a photodetector in fast neutron scintillation experiments capable of sustaining up to 10^15 n/cm of fast neutrons in the range of 0.1 to 20 MeV. The proposed TIA was designed using "ON's C5 process" (a 600 nm CMOS process). It has a 300 kΩ gain, a bandwidth minimum of 250 MHz, noise below 5 pA/√Hz, an output swing of 1.5–2 V, and a power consumption less than 25 mW. The TIA is expected to sustain reliable performance (

Keywords

Amplifiers; Analog Circuits; Electroinics; Neutron Effects; Radiation Effects

Disciplines

Electrical and Computer Engineering

File Format

pdf

File Size

1.6 MB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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