Features

• Low noise design: less than 2.0 keV (Si) at 0 pF
• High energy rate capability: up to 2 x 106 MeV per second
• FET input, diode protected
• Independent energy and fast timing outputs
• Fast rise time less than 3 ns at 0 pF
• Small size
• Capable of operating in a vacuum chamber

Description

The CANBERRA Model 2003BT charge sensitive FET input preamp is designed for optimum performance with Silicon Surface Barrier (SSB) detectors. Operating as a charge to voltage converter, the unit accepts charge carriers produced in the detector during each absorbed nuclear event. The output then provides a voltage in direct proportion to the collected charge at the rate of 0.45 V per pC. This translates to a gain of 20 mV per MeV for room temperature silicon detectors.

For typical use with positively biased SSB detectors, the extremely linear energy output provides a positive polarity pulse ideal for energy spectroscopy. The coincident timing output provides a negative polarity fast differentiated pulse ideal for resolution of nuclear events in time.

The high charge rate capability of the design is evidenced by an energy rate capacity of greater than 2 x 106 MeV per second when used with silicon detectors. In order to take full advantage of such a high count rate capability, a main amplifier with a correspondingly high count rate ability, such as the CANBERRA Model 2025 or Model 2026, should be used.