Lotto, ChristianSeitz, Peter2010-04-192010-04-192009https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/49525A novel charge pulse detection circuit is presented, consisting of a continuous reset resistor in series with the charge pulse generator, followed by a simple amplifier and pulse shaping circuit. Realization with a 0.18 μm CMOS process (UMC) will result in input-referred charge noise of less than 30 electrons r.m.s. at room temperature, corresponding to an energy resolution in single-photon X-ray sensing of about 110 eV.text::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper