Main description:

Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection showcases the latest advances in readout electronics for particle, or radiation, detectors. Featuring chapters written by international experts in their respective fields, this authoritative text:

Defines the main design parameters of front-end circuitry developed in microelectronics technologies
Explains the basis for the use of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for the detection of charged particles and other non-consumer applications
Delivers an in-depth review of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), evaluating the pros and cons of ADCs integrated at the pixel, column, and per-chip levels
Describes incremental sigma-delta ADCs, time-to-digital converter (TDC) architectures, and digital pulse-processing techniques complementary to analog processing
Examines the fundamental parameters and front-end types associated with silicon photomultipliers used for single visible-light photon detection
Discusses pixel sensors with per-pixel TDCs, channel density challenges, and emerging 3D technologies interconnecting detectors and electronics

Thus, Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection provides a single source for state-of-the-art information on analog electronics for the readout of radiation detectors.

Contents:

Integrated Analog Signal Processing Readout Front Ends for Particle Detectors. Analog Electronics for HVCMOS Sensors. Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection. Low-Noise Detectors through Incremental Sigma-Delta ADCs. Time-to-Digital Conversion. Digital Pulse-Processing Techniques for X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Semiconductor Detectors. Silicon Photomultipliers for High-Performance Scintillation Crystal Readout Applications. Designing Photon-Counting, Wide-Spectrum Optical Radiation Detectors in CMOS-Compatible Technologies. Front-End Electronics for Silicon Photomultipliers. CMOS Image Sensors for Radiation Detection. Technology Needs for Modular Pixel Detectors.