SOLID STATE A-C ELECTROMETER AMPLIFIER.

Abstract

The paper describes a solid state A-C electrometer amplifier which has a dynamic input current range of four decades (10 to the minus 11 to 10 to the minus 7 amperes at 2.5 KHz) while maintaining a high degree of temperature stability, plus or minus 5 percent of full scale voltage over an ambient temperature range of -20 degrees to +60 degrees C. Circuit design considerations which include Field Effect Transistors (FET) amplifier-noise-parameter criteria, linearity, temperature stability, and frequency response are discussed. In addition, graphs indicating amplifier dynamic range, frequency response, and rise time are included. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0681660

Entities

People

  • Robert S. Cuikay

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Dynamic Range
  • Electrometers
  • Electronic Amplifier
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Linearity
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Transistors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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