Abstract
The 32-channels ASIC with a unique dynamic range from 1 to 40000 mips, signal to noise ratio not less than 2.5 at a shaper peaking time of 2 μ s and a low power consumption of 1.5 mW/channel has been designed. The transfer function of the charge sensitive amplifier (CSA), having two subranges of various gains, allowed to reach high dynamic range of the readout electronics. The subranges are automatically switched. Two ASICs were installed on a ladder construction which also contains an ADC, a microprocessor and a power supply. The ASIC and the ladder were created for the minicalorimeter of the NUCLEON experiment. The goal of the NUCLEON satellite mission is to measure the elemental (Z from 1 to 30) energy spectra of high-energy (1011-1015 eV) cosmic rays. The ladder has been tested at the SPS. The ladder can also be used for other future HEP and space cosmic ray experiments.
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