Application specific integrated circuits for ionizing-radiation detectors (review, part 1)

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to give experts, who use electronic procedures in experiments or measurements in applied areas, whenever it is possible, the complete picture of the past 5-year rapid development of application specific integrated circuits for readouts and processing of signals from up-to-date nuclear particle detectors. Due to the large information content, the review is formally divided into two parts. The evolution history of the application specific integrated circuits for different types of detectors is considered in the first part. Both parts have the common classification table, common numeration of cited papers, drawings, and formulas.