IIIE   20352
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERIA ELECTRICA "ALFREDO DESAGES"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Cryogenic Transimpedance Amplifier for Micromechanical Capacitive Sensors
Autor/es:
D. ANTONIO, H. PASTORIZA, P. JULIAN, AND P. MANDOLESI
Revista:
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Editorial:
American Institute of Physics
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 79 p. 847031 - 847035
ISSN:
0034-6748
Resumen:
We developed a cryogenic transimpedance amplifier that works at a broad range of temperatures, from room temperature down to 4 K. The device was realized with a standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor 1.5 m process. Measurements of current-voltage characteristics, open-loop gain, input referred noise current, and power consumption are presented as a function of temperature. The transimpedance amplifier has been successfully applied to sense the motion of a polysilicon micromechanical oscillator at low temperatures. The whole device is intended to serve as a magnetometer for microscopic superconducting samples.