Timing measurements with silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are affected by the major issue of the so-called time-walk effect; this is due to the intrinsic architecture of SiPM devices. A new technique for time-walk compensation in timing measurements with SiPMs is presented and discussed, feasible with a low-complexity and low-cost circuitry and able to improve the timing accuracy. The validity of the presented technique has been experimentally proven with a 3 × 3 mm2 Hamamatsu MPPC, achieving a jitter reduction of a factor 2.85 compared with the case without time-walk compensation. To perform the experimental validation, a discrete-components transimpedance amplifier is developed with large bandwidth and low jitter, specifically designed to read-out and amplify the SiPM signal.
Improving the timing accuracy of SiPMs by time-walk compensation
ACCONCIA, GIULIA;LABANCA, IVAN GIUSEPPE;RECH, IVAN;GHIONI, MASSIMO ANTONIO
2017-01-01
Abstract
Timing measurements with silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are affected by the major issue of the so-called time-walk effect; this is due to the intrinsic architecture of SiPM devices. A new technique for time-walk compensation in timing measurements with SiPMs is presented and discussed, feasible with a low-complexity and low-cost circuitry and able to improve the timing accuracy. The validity of the presented technique has been experimentally proven with a 3 × 3 mm2 Hamamatsu MPPC, achieving a jitter reduction of a factor 2.85 compared with the case without time-walk compensation. To perform the experimental validation, a discrete-components transimpedance amplifier is developed with large bandwidth and low jitter, specifically designed to read-out and amplify the SiPM signal.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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