(files in PDF format)
A more detailed exposition of much of the material contained in these tutorials is presented in my book Semiconductor Detector Systems (Oxford University Press, 2005; 2nd printing 2006). Download the Preface (160kB), Table of Contents (190kB) and a sample chapter (1.7MB).
Analog and Digital Electronics for Detectors (text, published in Proceedings of the 2003 ICFA School on Instrumentation, Itacuruca, Brazil) (930kB)
Front-End Electronics and Signal Processing (text, published in Instrumentation in Elementary Particle Physics, AIP Conf. Proc. 674)
Spring Semester 1999 Course Notes, UC Berkeley Physics 198
Silicon Readout - Where The Bugs Can Hide, presented at the EDIT 2011 School - Excellence in Detectors and Instrumentation Technologies, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, February, 2011 (3 MB)
Advanced Concepts in the Readout and Signal Processing - Strip and Pixel Detectors, Time Projection Chambers, and Micro-Calorimeters, presented at the Advanced Summer School in Radiation Detection and Measurements, TUM - Technical University Munich, Germany, July, 2011 (7.2 MB)
Signal Processing and Electronics, presented in the ENTERVISION Course - Detectors and Electronics at the University of Valencia, Spain, September 9-13, 2013 (5.3 MB)
Electronics and Signal Processing, presented at the 2010 ICFA School on Instrumentation, Bariloche, Argentina, February, 2010
TRIUMF Summer Institute 2007: Silicon Detectors and Electronics
IEEE NSS 2012 Photodetector Short Course: Signal Processing and Electronics , Anaheim, California, 28-Oct-2012
IEEE NSS 2012 Refresher Course: Silicon Detectors , Anaheim, California, 30-Oct-2012 (plot on p. 17 corrected)
IEEE NSS Short Course: Front-End Electronics Systems for Particle Detection and Imaging , Dresden, Germany, 2008
IEEE NSS Short Course: Front-End Electronics for Detectors , Honolulu, Hawaii, 2007 (5.0MB)
IEEE NSS Short Course: Pulse Processing and Analysis , Norfolk, Virginia, 2002 (1.7MB)
Signal Processing (presented at the 2001 ICFA School on Instrumentation, Faure, South Africa), April, 2001 (3.3M)
Measurements (presented at the ICFA Instrumentation Center, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2002)
SLAC Lectures on Detector Techniques, Fall, 1998
Introduction to Radiation-Resistant Semiconductor Devices and Circuits, 1996 (245K)
High Energy Resolution in High-Pressure Xe Gas TPCs (5.3 GB)
Discusses a high-pressure Xe time-projection chamber than may provide excellent energy resolution together with event topology. This could be the superior detector for the detection of neutrinoless double-beta decay.
Discusses electronics systems aspects in tracking detectors, electron microscopy, fast CCDs for x-ray detection, and large-scale cryogenic bolometer arrays (problems and how to eliminate SQUIDs).
Microcalorimeters and Large-Scale Cryogenic Multiplexer Arrays - the Promise and the Pitfalls (1.4 MB)
Makes the case for a robust readout of large-scale microcalorimeter arrays, e.g. for gamma spectroscoopy, by eliminating SQUIDs, but too little time to explain all key considerations of the solution.
Radiation Detectors and Electronics - A View of the Future (2.9 MB)
Bolometers and the Big Bang - Detector Arrays for Next-Generation CMB Experiments (26 MB)
Large-Scale Bolometer Arrays and Readout for Next-Generation CMB Experiments (22.1 MB)
Frequency Domain Multiplexing for Large-Scale Bolometer Arrays (340K)
Dynamic Range of a Series Array SQUID (103 kB)
Limits on SQUID Feedback Amplifier Parameters (67 kB)