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Optimizing time resolution and power consumption in a current-mode circuit for SiPMs
/ Manera, R (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gómez, S (Barcelona, Polytechnic U. ; ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Mariscal-Castilla, A (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Mauricio, J (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Ballabriga, R (CERN) ; Gascón, D (ICC, Barcelona U.)
Several applications that employ SiPMs require high time precision readout electronics. This work presents a study for the optimization of timing resolution of readout electronics for SiPMs focused on the effect of sensor area, transistor scaling and power consumption on electronic jitter. [...]
2024 - 21 p.
- Published in : JINST 19 (2024) T04009
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FastIC ASIC readout performance for Cherenkov based TOF-PET imaging
/ Piller, M (CERN ; Graz U.) ; Mariscal-Castilla, A (Barcelona U.) ; Terragni, G (CERN ; TU Vienna) ; Penna, M (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Trento) ; Merzi, S (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Trento) ; Moretti, E (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Trento) ; Gola, A (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Trento) ; Michalowska-Forsyth, A (Graz, Tech. U.) ; Gascon, D (Barcelona U.) ; Ballabriga, R (CERN) et al.
The emerging field of ultra-fast timing has enormous potential in high-energy physics, nuclear medicine, and imaging, and is driving advances in detector and readout electronics. To achieve improved time resolution, significant efforts have been devoted to this field, resulting in impressive coincidence time resolution (CTR) values for silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) and scintillator crystals using state-of-the-art high-frequency (HF) readout. [...]
2023 - 1 p.
- Published in : 10.1109/NSSMICRTSD49126.2023.10337861
In : 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector (RTSD) Conference (2023 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD), Vancouver, Canada, 4 - 11 Nov 2023
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A comparative study of the time performance between NINO and FlexToT ASICs
/ Sarasola, I (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Nemallapudi, M V (CERN) ; Gundacker, S (CERN) ; Sánchez, D (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gascón, D (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Rato, P (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Marín, J (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Auffray, E (CERN)
Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and CIEMAT have designed the FlexToT ASIC for the front-end readout of SiPM-based scintillator detectors. This ASIC is aimed at time of flight (ToF) positron emission tomography (PET) applications. [...]
2017
- Published in : JINST 12 (2017) P04016
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Fast28 a low-power fast readout design for SiPMs in 28nm CMOS
/ Piller, M (CERN ; Graz, Tech. U.) ; Ballabriga, R (CERN) ; Bandi, F (CERN) ; Campbell, M (CERN) ; Deutschmann, B (Graz, Tech. U.) ; Fernández-Tenllado, J M (CERN) ; Gascon, D (Barcelona U.) ; Gomez, S (Barcelona, Polytechnic U. ; Barcelona U.) ; Michalowska-Forsyth, A (Graz, Tech. U.) ; Mauricio, J (Barcelona U.) et al.
The field of detector readout electronics for precise timing has experienced a remarkable surge of interest due to its diverse range of applications in nuclear medicine such as Positron Emission Tomography (PET), High Energy Physics (HEP), Time-of-Flight (ToF) mass spectrometry and many other fields. This growth can be attributed to rapid advancements in photodetectors, particularly the silicon photomultiplier (SiPM), which has demonstrated exceptional suitability for these applications, owing to its ability to generate signals with unprecedentedly fast rise times. [...]
2023 - 1 p.
- Published in : 10.1109/NSSMICRTSD49126.2023.10337864
In : 2023 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector (RTSD) Conference (2023 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD), Vancouver, Canada, 4 - 11 Nov 2023
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Multimodal simulation of large area silicon photomultipliers for time resolution optimization
/ Sánchez, David (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gómez, Sergio (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Fernández-Tenllado, José María (ICC, Barcelona U. ; CERN) ; Ballabriga, Rafael (CERN) ; Campbell, Michael (CERN) ; Gascón, David (ICC, Barcelona U.)
The Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) sensor is replacing the extensive use of the Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) in fast timing applications. These photo-sensors can be applied in different fields such as medical imaging systems like Positron Emission Tomography (PET), LIDAR technologies or High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. [...]
2021 - 11 p.
- Published in : Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 1001 (2021) 165247
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FastIC: A Highly Configurable ASIC for Fast Timing Applications
/ Gόmez, S (Barcelona, IEEC) ; Fernández-Tenllado, J M (CERN) ; Alozy, J (CERN) ; Campbell, M (CERN) ; Manera, R (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Mauricio, J (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Mariscal, A (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Pujol, C (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Sánchez, D (Barcelona, IEEC) ; Sanmukh, A (ICC, Barcelona U.) et al.
This work presents the 8-channel FastIC ASIC developed in CMOS 65 nm technology suitable for the readout of positive and negative polarity sensors with intrinsic amplification in High Energy Physics experiments, Positron Emission Tomography and other Time-of-Flight systems. The front-end can be configured to readout each input channel individually or perform analog summation of up to 4 single-ended channels before discrimination in view of extending precise timing to large and segmented areas. [...]
2021 - 4 p.
- Published in : 10.1109/NSS/MIC44867.2021.9875546
In : IEEE NSS MIC 2021, Online, Japan, 16 - 23 Oct 2021, pp.1-4
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Application of large area SiPMs for the readout of a plastic scintillator based timing detector
/ Betancourt, C. (Zurich U.) ; Blondel, A. (Geneva U.) ; Brundler, R. (Zurich U.) ; Dätwyler, A. (Zurich U.) ; Favre, Y. (Geneva U.) ; Gascon, D. (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gomez, S. (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Korzenev, Alexander (Geneva U.) ; Mermod, P. (Geneva U.) ; Noah, E. (Geneva U.) et al.
In this study an array of eight 6 mm x 6 mm area SiPMs was coupled to the end of a long plastic scintillator counter which was exposed to a 2.5 GeV/c muon beam at the CERN PS. Timing characteristics of bars with dimensions 150 cm x 6 cm x 1 cm and 120 cm x 11 cm x 2.5 cm have been studied. [...]
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2017-11-27 - 8 p.
- Published in : JINST 12 (2017) P11023
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PACIFIC: A 64-channel ASIC for scintillating fiber tracking in LHCb upgrade
/ Gascon, D (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Chanal, H (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Comerma, A (Heidelberg U.) ; Gomez, S (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Han, X (Heidelberg U.) ; Mazorra, J (Inst. Fis. Aplicada, Madrid) ; Mauricio, J (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Pillet, N (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Yengui, F (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Vandaele, R (Clermont-Ferrand U.)
/LHCb SciFi Tracker
The LHCb detector will be upgraded during the next LHC shutdown in 2018/19 [1]. The tracker system will have a major overhaul. [...]
2015
- Published in : JINST 10 (2015) C04030
In : Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics 2014, Aix En Provence, France, 22 - 26 Sep 2014, pp.C04030
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Application of SiPM arrays for the readout of a scintillator based time-of-flight detector
/ Korzenev, Alexander (Geneva U.) ; Betancourt, C (Zurich U.) ; Blondel, A (Geneva U.) ; Brundler, R (Zurich U.) ; Dätwyler, A (Zurich U.) ; Favre, Y (Geneva U.) ; Gascon, D (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gomez, S (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Mermod, P (Geneva U.) ; Noah, E (Geneva U.) et al.
A feasibility study of replacing a conventional phototube with an array of SiPMs is presented. High gain, low voltage operation and insensitivity to the magnetic field make SiPMs practically useful for the light collection in a physics experiment. [...]
SISSA, 2018 - 4 p.
- Published in : PoS EPS-HEP2017 (2017) 795
Fulltext: PDF; External link: PoS server
In : 2017 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, Venice, Italy, 05 - 12 Jul 2017, pp.795
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PACIFIC: the readout ASIC for the SciFi Tracker of the upgraded LHCb detector
/ Mazorra, J (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Chanal, H (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Comerma, A (Heidelberg U.) ; Gascón, D (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Gómez, S (ICC, Barcelona U.) ; Han, X (Heidelberg U.) ; Pillet, N (Clermont-Ferrand U.) ; Vandaele, R (Clermont-Ferrand U.)
The LHCb detector will be upgraded during the Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) of the LHC in order to cope with higher instantaneous luminosities and will switch to a 40 MHz readout rate using a trigger-less software based system. All front-end electronics will be replaced and several sub-detectors must be redesigned to cope with the higher detector occupancy and radiation damage. [...]
2016
- Published in : JINST 11 (2016) C02021
In : Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, Lisbon, Portugal, 28 Sep - 2 Oct 2015, pp.C02021
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