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Advances in Sensor Readout Electronics for Precise Timing

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Circuit and Signal Processing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 8544

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. David Gascon

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1. Dept. Física Quàntica i Astrofísica. Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
2. Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), C/ Gran Capità, 2-4, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: detectors and scientific instrumentation; microelectronics design; mixed-signal ASICs; low-noise electronics; front-end electronics; fast photo-sensor readout; single-photon sensors; radiation and particle detectors; medical imaging
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Dr. Rafael Ballabriga

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Experimental Physics Dept. CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Meyrin, Switzerland
Interests: detectors and scientific instrumentation; microelectronics design; mixed-signal ASICs; low-noise electronics; front-end electronics; hybrid pixel detectors, monolithic active pixel sensors, fast photo-sensor readout

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Electronic design for the readout of fast radiation detectors is a very active field of research. The advances in this area have potential applications in many fields of science, such as physics, medicine, chemistry, and biology, among others.

In the past decade, there has been steady progress in detector developments and their readout electronics. This includes new front-end circuits in very deep submicron CMOS technologies and advances in time-to-digital converters (TDCs). Additionally, the availability of vertical integration technologies is paving the way for new advances in the field.

The goal is to create a well-balanced collection of papers that will help to map the application of microelectronics design in instruments for various application areas and identify the perspectives and open challenges for future developments.

We would like to invite authors to submit papers related to research and applications in sensor readout electronics for precise time measurements. The topics include but are not limited to:

  • Electronics for the readout of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs);
  • Photomultiplier tube (PMT) and micro channel plate PMT (MCP-PMT) readout;
  • Silicon sensor readout electronics;
  • Analog and digital ASIC readout;
  • Time-to-digital converters (TDCs);
  • Monolithic active pixel detectors;
  • Hybrid pixel detector readout ASICs;
  • New trends in interconnection (vertical integration);
  • Detectors (crystals, readout electronics (ASIC), and detector systems);
  • Applications (high energy physics, medical (e.g. positron emission tomography), mass spectrometry, LIDAR, biology, quantum applications).

Prof. Dr. David Gascon
Dr. Rafael Ballabriga
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Electronics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Fast timing
  • ASICs
  • CMOS
  • Front-end electronics
  • TDCs
  • 3D integration
  • TSV
  • SiPM
  • SPAD
  • PMT
  • MCP-PMT
  • Time-of-flight
  • PET
  • LIDAR
  • FLIM

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MATRIX16: A 16-Channel Low-Power TDC ASIC with 8 ps Time Resolution
by Joan Mauricio, Lluís Freixas, Andreu Sanuy, Sergio Gómez, Rafel Manera, Jesús Marín, Jose M. Pérez, Eduardo Picatoste, Pedro Rato, David Sánchez, Anand Sanmukh, Oscar Vela and David Gascon
Electronics 2021, 10(15), 1816; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10151816 - 29 Jul 2021
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This paper presents a highly configurable 16-channel TDC ASIC designed in a commercial 180 nm technology with the following features: time-of-flight and time-over-threshold measurements, 8.6 ps LSB, 7.7 ps jitter, 5.6 ps linearity error, up to 5 MHz of sustained input rate per [...] Read more.
This paper presents a highly configurable 16-channel TDC ASIC designed in a commercial 180 nm technology with the following features: time-of-flight and time-over-threshold measurements, 8.6 ps LSB, 7.7 ps jitter, 5.6 ps linearity error, up to 5 MHz of sustained input rate per channel, 9.1 mW of power consumption per channel, and an area of 4.57 mm2. The main contributions of this work are the novel design of the clock interpolation circuitry based on a resistive interpolation mesh circuit and the capability to operate at different supply voltages and operating frequencies, thus providing a compromise between TDC resolution and power consumption. Full article
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Multiple Use SiPM Integrated Circuit (MUSIC) for Large Area and High Performance Sensors
by Sergio Gómez, David Sánchez, Joan Mauricio, Eduardo Picatoste, Andreu Sanuy, Anand Sanmukh, Marc Ribó and David Gascón
Electronics 2021, 10(8), 961; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10080961 - 17 Apr 2021
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The 8-channel Multiple Use Silicon Photo-multiplier (SiPM) Integrated Circuit (MUSIC) Application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for SiPM anode readout has been designed for applications where large photo-detection areas are required. MUSIC offers three main features: (1) Sum of the eight input channels using [...] Read more.
The 8-channel Multiple Use Silicon Photo-multiplier (SiPM) Integrated Circuit (MUSIC) Application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for SiPM anode readout has been designed for applications where large photo-detection areas are required. MUSIC offers three main features: (1) Sum of the eight input channels using a differential output driver, (2) eight individual single ended (SE) analog outputs, and (3) eight individual SE binary outputs using a time over threshold technique. Each functionality, summation and individual readout includes a selectable dual-gain configuration. Moreover, the signal sum implements a dual-gain output providing a 15-bit dynamic range. The circuit contains a tunable pole zero cancellation of the SiPM recovery time constant to deal with most of the available SiPM devices in the market. Experimental tests show how MUSIC can linearly sum signals from different SiPMs and distinguish even a few photons. Additionally, it provides a single photon output pulse width at half maximum (FWHM) between 5–10 ns for the analog output and a single-photon time resolution (SPTR) around 118 ps sigma using a Hamamatsu SiPM S13360-3075CS for the binary output. Lastly, the summation mode has a power consumption of ≈200 mW, whereas the individual readout consumes ≈30 mW/ch. Full article
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