eprintid: 14210
rev_number: 13
eprint_status: archive
userid: 226
dir: disk0/00/01/42/10
datestamp: 2012-12-11 07:46:22
lastmod: 2013-01-04 11:47:20
status_changed: 2012-12-11 07:46:22
type: doctoralThesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Shen, Wei
title: Development of high performance readout
ASICs for silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs)
subjects: ddc-530
divisions: i-130700
adv_faculty: af-13
cterms_swd: Silicon Photomultipliers
cterms_swd: ASIC
abstract: Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are novel kind of solid state photon detectors with ex-
tremely high photon detection resolution. They are composed of hundreds or thousands
of avalanche photon diode pixels connected in parallel. These avalanche photon diodes are
operated in Geiger Mode. SiPMs have the same magnitude of multiplication gain compared
to the conventional photomultipliers (PMTs). Moreover, they have a lot of advantages
such as compactness, relatively low bias voltage and magnetic field immunity etc. Special
readout electronics are required to preserve the high performance of the detector. KLauS
and STiC are two CMOS ASIC chips designed in particular for SiPMs. KLauS is used for
SiPM charge readout applications. Since SiPMs have a much larger detector capacitance
compared to other solid state photon detectors such as PIN diodes and APDs, a few special
techniques are used inside the chip to make sure a descent signal to noise ratio for pixel
charge signal can be obtained. STiC is a chip dedicated to SiPM time-of-flight applications.
High bandwidth and low jitter design schemes are mandatory for such applications where
time jitter less than tens of picosends is required. Design schemes and error analysis as well
as measurement results are presented in the thesis.

date: 2012-12-07
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00014210
ppn_swb: 165193987X
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-142105
date_accepted: 2012-07-24
advisor: HASH(0x55a718478050)
language: eng
bibsort: SHENWEIDEVELOPMEN20121207
full_text_status: public
citation:   Shen, Wei  (2012) Development of high performance readout ASICs for silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs).  [Dissertation]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/14210/1/Wei%20Shen_thesis.pdf