Amptek CoolFET A250CF Manual

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Amptek sets the New State-of-the-Art... Again!
RUN SILENT...RUN FAST...RUN COOL!
The Amptek A250CF "Cool FET" Charge Sensitive Preamplifier is the lowest noise, general purpose, preamplifier
available. It is designed to give the ultimate performance when used with either low or high detector capacitance
detectors and is a direct replacement for other higher noise charge sensitive preamplifiers.
The A250CF "CoolFET" technology uses a thermoelectric (Peltier) cooler to keep the input FET(s) at -50 °C. Cooling
is totally transparent to the user. Hence, the A250CF "CoolFET" operates like a room temperature preamplifier. Based
on the successful A250 designed for high performance satellite instrumentation, the A250CF "CoolFET" re-defines the
new state-of-the-art.
Power to the A250CF "CoolFET" is provided by an external AC power supply (included). Detector bias can be applied
via an SHV connector. Input, Energy (E) Output, Timing (T) Output, and Test are provided via BNC connectors.
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High Ciss
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Figure 1. Noise as a function of FET and detector capacitance. D.C. Coupled.
Amptek A250CF CoolFET User Manual –Rev. A5
Charge Sensitive Preamplifier
A250CF CoolFET
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Detector Capacitance (pF)
FET
Noise @ 0 pF: 670 eV FWHM (Si)
~76 electrons RMS
Noise Slope:
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13 eV/pF Low C
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11.5 eV/pF High C
Fast Rise Time: 2.5 ns
Thermoelectrically Cooled FET
3 FETs to match detector
Lowest Noise and Noise Slope
AC or DC coupling to the detector
Easy to use
Both Energy and Timing outputs
Optional input protection
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FET
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FET
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