Electrical Characterization of Silicon Photo-Multiplier Detectors for Optimal Front-End Design

Corsi, F.; Marzocca, C.; Perrotta, A.; Dragone, A.; Foresta, M.; Guerra, A. Del; Marcatili, Sara; Llosá, G.; Collazzuol, G.; Betta, G.-F. Dalla; Dinu, N.; Piemonte, C.; Pignatel, G.U.; Levi, G.

doi:10.1109/nssmic.2006.356076

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“…al. in the reference [6] and [7]. The analytical model has been further expanded and confirmed by measurements on various SSPMs [8][9][10][11].…”

Section: 1typical Electrical Modelmentioning

confidence: 81%

A way to improve timing resolution of SSPM: Pulse Shape

Kim¹

2010

Proceedings of International Workshop on New Photon Detectors — PoS(PD09)

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Pulse shape, dark counts, photon-detection efficiency, cross talks were identified as critical factors affecting timing resolution after an extensive measurement of solid-state photomultipliers (SSPM) for time-of-flight PET. Among those factors, pulse shape has been investigated through a SPICE simulation, and the measurement of single photoelectron and 511keV gamma ray pulses. First, we showed that, due to the long recovery tail in a single photon pulse, the risetime of 511keV gamma ray pulse from LYSO/MPPC is much slower than the one of PMT. Second, we showed that the parasitic quenching capacitance of the quenching resistor could play an important role in supplying a quick charge in the avalanche process and improve the single photon pulse shape. Third, by changing the parasitic quenching capacitance, we showed that it could be used to improve the risetime of 511keV gamma ray pulse that is directly related to the timing performance of SSPM.

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“…al. in the reference [6] and [7]. The analytical model has been further expanded and confirmed by measurements on various SSPMs [8][9][10][11].…”

Section: 1typical Electrical Modelmentioning

confidence: 81%

A way to improve timing resolution of SSPM: Pulse Shape

Kim¹

2010

Proceedings of International Workshop on New Photon Detectors — PoS(PD09)

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“…This electrical equivalent circuit is based on work of Corsi et al [1]. Related publications are [2][3][4].…”

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Electrical characterization and simulation of SiPMs

Scheuch

Führen

Hebbeker

et al. 2015

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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“…Electrical models for SiPMs were extensively depicted by Corsi et al [2], Pavlov et al [8] and Badoni et al [1], among others. Similarly, the authors have proposed experimental set-ups to extract the relevant electrical parameters.…”

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“…The dense array of the SiPM is responsible for a total parallel capacitance C d , which accounts not only for the grid capacitance C g (due to the grid parallel interconnection) but also the pixel capacitance C pixel = C d +C q , a sum of the junction capacitance and the parasitic C q (nomenclature on the models proposed by [2] and [8]). Therefore, C d depends on the number of cells in the array, thus the active area, and may be in the range of 35 − 320 pF, respectively concerning 1 mm 2 and 9 mm 2 devices.…”

Section: Characteristics Of the Sipm Electrical Signalmentioning

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A low-noise CMOS front-end for TOF-PET

Rolo¹,

Alves²,

Martins³

et al. 2011

J. Inst.

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An analogue CMOS front-end for triggering and amplification of signals produced by a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) coupled to a LYSO scintillator is proposed. The solution is intended for time-of-flight measurement in compact Positron Emission Tomography (TOF-PET) medical imaging equipments where excellent timing resolution is required ( ≈ 100 ps). A CMOS 0.13 µm technology was used to implement such a front end, and the design includes preamplification, shaping, baseline holder and biasing circuitries, for a total silicon area of 500x90 µm. Waveform sampling and time-over-threshold (ToT) techniques are under study and, hence, the front-end provides fast and shaped outputs for time and energy measurements. Post layout simulation results show that, for the trigger of a single photoelectron, the time jitter due to the pre-amplifier noise can be as low as 15 ps (FWHM), for a device with a total capacitance of 70 pF. The very low input impedance of the pre-amplifier (≈ 5 Ω) allows a 1.8 ns peaking time, at the cost of 10 mW of power consumption.

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Electrical Characterization of Silicon Photo-Multiplier Detectors for Optimal Front-End Design

Cited by 62 publications

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A way to improve timing resolution of SSPM: Pulse Shape

A way to improve timing resolution of SSPM: Pulse Shape

Electrical characterization and simulation of SiPMs

A low-noise CMOS front-end for TOF-PET

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