An ultrafast front-end ASIC for APD array detectors in X-ray time-resolved experiments

Yang-Fan Zhou; Qiu-Ju Li; Peng Liu; Lei Fan; Wei Xu; Ye Tao; Zhen-Jie Li

doi:10.1088/1674-1137/41/6/066101

Chinese Physics C> 2017, Vol. 41> Issue(6) : 066101 DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/41/6/066101

An ultrafast front-end ASIC for APD array detectors in X-ray time-resolved experiments

Yang-Fan Zhou ^1,, ,
Qiu-Ju Li ¹ ,
Peng Liu ¹ ,
Lei Fan ² ,
Wei Xu ¹ ,
Ye Tao ¹ ,
Zhen-Jie Li ^1,,

1.
Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
2.
State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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An ultrafast front-end ASIC chip has been developed for APD array detectors in X-ray time-resolved experiments. The chip has five channels: four complete channels and one test channel with an analog output. Each complete channel consists of a preamplifier, a voltage discriminator and an open-drain output driver. A prototype chip has been designed and fabricated using 0.13 μm CMOS technology with a chip size of 1.3 mm×1.9 mm. The electrical characterizations of the circuit demonstrate a very good intrinsic time resolution (rms) on the output pulse leading edge, with the test result better than 30 ps for high input signal charges (> 75 fC) and better than 100 ps for low input signal charges (30-75 fC), while keeping a low power consumption of 5 mW per complete channel.
- time-resolved ,
- APD ,
- ASIC ,
- synchrotron X-ray

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Yang-Fan Zhou, Qiu-Ju Li, Peng Liu, Lei Fan, Wei Xu, Ye Tao and Zhen-Jie Li. An ultrafast front-end ASIC for APD array detectors in X-ray time-resolved experiments[J]. Chinese Physics C, 2017, 41(6): 066101. doi: 10.1088/1674-1137/41/6/066101

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11605227), High Energy Photon Source-Test Facility Project, and the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics. This research used resources of the BSRF.}

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An ultrafast front-end ASIC for APD array detectors in X-ray time-resolved experiments

Corresponding author: Yang-Fan Zhou,

Corresponding author: Zhen-Jie Li,

1. Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
2. State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received Date: 2017-02-04
Available Online: 2017-06-05

Fund Project: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11605227), High Energy Photon Source-Test Facility Project, and the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics. This research used resources of the BSRF.}

Abstract: An ultrafast front-end ASIC chip has been developed for APD array detectors in X-ray time-resolved experiments. The chip has five channels: four complete channels and one test channel with an analog output. Each complete channel consists of a preamplifier, a voltage discriminator and an open-drain output driver. A prototype chip has been designed and fabricated using 0.13 μm CMOS technology with a chip size of 1.3 mm×1.9 mm. The electrical characterizations of the circuit demonstrate a very good intrinsic time resolution (rms) on the output pulse leading edge, with the test result better than 30 ps for high input signal charges (> 75 fC) and better than 100 ps for low input signal charges (30-75 fC), while keeping a low power consumption of 5 mW per complete channel.