Published June 1992 | Version v1
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A method to quench and recharge avalanche photo diodes for use in high rate situations

Creators

  • 1. Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX (United States)
  • 2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). High Energy Physics Lab.

Description

We present a new method of using Avalanche Photo Diodes (APDS) for low level light detection in Geiger mode in high rate situations such as those encountered at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). The new technique is readily adaptable to implementation in CMOS VLSI

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as DE95011050; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.
Report number
SSCL-Preprint--121

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26069890
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Descriptors DEI
DETECTION; MOS TRANSISTORS; PHOTODIODES; QUENCHING; SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; HEAT TREATMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS; TRANSISTORS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC35-89ER40486
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).