# High-speed charge-to-time converter ASIC for the Super-Kamiokande detector

@article{Nishino2009HighspeedCC,
title={High-speed charge-to-time converter ASIC for the Super-Kamiokande detector},
author={H. Nishino and Kyosuke Awai and Y. Hayato and Shoei Nakayama and Kimihiro Okumura and Masato Shiozawa and Atsushi Takeda and K. Ishikawa and A. Minegishi and Yasuo Arai},
journal={Nuclear Instruments \& Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment},
year={2009},
volume={610},
pages={710-717}
}
• Published 5 November 2009
• Engineering
• Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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