Published 2013 | Version v1
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A digital silicon photomultiplier with multiple time-to-digital converters

Creators

  • 1. University Hamburg (Germany)
  • 2. DESY, Hamburg (Germany)

Description

A silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) with pixel level signal digitization and column-wise connected time-to-digital converters (TDCs) has been developed for an endoscopic Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector. A digital SiPM has pixels consist of a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) and circuit elements to optimize overall dark counts and temporal response. Compared with conventional analog SiPM, digital SiPM's direct signal route from SPAD to TDC improves single photon time resolution. In addition, using multiple TDCs can perform the statistical estimation of the time-of-arrival in multiple photon detection case such as readout of scintillation crystals. Characterization measurements of the prototype digital SiPM and a Monte-Carlo simulation to predict the timing performance of the PET detector are shown.

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Dresden 2013 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 48(2)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
77. Annual meeting with ordinary general meeting of the DPG and 2013 Spring meeting with the divisions hadrons and nuclei, particle physics, the working teams equal opportunities, energy, the working groups information, young DPG, philosophy of the physics, physics and disarmament
Original Conference Title
77. Jahrestagung der DPG mit Ordentlicher Mitgliederversammlung und DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2013 mit den Fachverbaenden Physik der Hadronen und Kerne, Teilchenphysik den Arbeitskreisen Chancengleichheit, Energie den Arbeitsgruppen Information, junge DPG, Physik und Abruestung
Dates
4-8 Mar 2013
Place
Dresden (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
46000678
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DIGITAL SYSTEMS; DIGITIZERS; GAMMA DETECTION; KEV RANGE 100-1000; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODIODES; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SILICON DIODES; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-TO-AMPLITUDE CONVERTERS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY RANGE; EQUIPMENT; KEV RANGE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PULSE CIRCUITS; PULSE CONVERTERS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RESOLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SIGNAL CONDITIONERS; SIMULATION; TIMING PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY

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Notes
Session: T 64.1 Mi 16:45; No further information available