@article{0eaaf05b1b574755bcb487c78ea0539c,
title = "The LEDA512 integrated circuit anode array for the analog recording of mass spectra",
abstract = "This article describes two generations of a novel integrated circuit multi-anode electron detector chip (LEDA512). This chip is designed for usage as an analog ion detector in magnetic mass spectrometers, in combination with a stack of two micro channel plates. The first generation chip is applied in a positive ion mass spectrometer on-board the ESA ROSETTA cometary mission. The detector chip comprises two identical and redundant parts, each consisting in a row of 512 rectangular anodes for electron collection, and in an anode multiplexer followed by a charge amplifier. A second-generation of the chip is scheduled. It will implement additional features, such as: radiation hard MOS transistors and shift registers and improved output drive capabilities.",
keywords = "Anode array, Focal plane array, Ion detection, Space borne",
author = "Dennis Nevejans and Eddy Neefs and Spyros Kavadias and Patrick Merken and {Van Hoof}, Chris",
note = "Funding Information: The authors like to thank the Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs (DWTC-SSTC) for approval of the ROSINA space project. This work was supported by means of two contracts granted to BIRA-IASB and to IMEC by the European Space Agency PRODEX Office. Furthermore, the authors would like to acknowledge the scientific and technical collaborators of the ROSINA teams at BIRA-IASB, at CETP-IPSL, St. Maur-les-Foss{\'e}es, France and at the Physikalisches Institut of the University of Bern, Switzerland, for their valuable assistance during the definition and specification phase of the chip and during performance tests.",
year = "2002",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/S1387-3806(01)00549-8",
language = "English",
volume = "215",
pages = "77--87",
journal = "International Journal of Mass Spectrometry",
issn = "1387-3806",
number = "1-3",
}