Helmuth Spieler2546 Carmelita WayPinole, CA 94564U.S.A.PhD 1974 in nuclear physics at Technical University Munich. 1975-1981 Gesellschaft für Schwerionforschung (GSI), Darmstadt. Since 1981 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Senior Physicist in the Physics Division. Extensive experience both as a user and designer of advanced detector systems, primarily in high energy physics. Over two decades experience in developing novel semiconductor detector systems for forefront experiments. Is internationally known for his lectures on detectors, signal processing, and electronics. Has served as a technical and project reviewer for major detectors in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, both for high energy physics and astrophysics experiments.

• 0. Preface ; 1. Detector systems overview ; 2. Signal formation and acquisition ; 3. Electronic noise ; 4. Signal processing ; 5. Elements of digital electronics and signal processing ; 6. Transistors and amplifiers ; 7. Radiation effects ; 8. Detector systems ; 9. Why things don't work ; A. Semiconductor device technology ; B. Phasors and complex algebra in electrical circuits ; C. Equivalent circuits ; D. Feedback amplifiers ; E. The diode equation ; F. Electrical effects of impurities and defects ; G. Bipolar transistor equations

The beauty of this book is that it takes a system approach, which combines the understanding of the physics of semiconductor detectors with the necessary electronics. I believe this book will be the standard reference work on the subject. [...] Spieler is well known as a world expert in this field. As well as being very knowledgeable, he takes great pleasure in communicating his understanding.