Introduction to Detector Electronics

(2 Credits)

This is an introductory course meant to provide the basics for an understanding of the electronics needed to acquire and process a signal coming from some of the most common detectors used in physics experiments. The course is structured in 7 seminar-style meetings (75 min) and 7 laboratory sessions (160 min). Topics include: passive and active filters, transmission lines, charge and voltage amplification, analog to digital conversion and time to digital conversion. All the topics will be approached from the experimental physics standpoint.