Readout electronics of multianode photomultiplier tubes for scintillation fiber calorimeter

Author

Ikeda, Hirokazu ; Ikeda, Mitsuo ; Inaba, Susumu ; Takasaki, Fumihiko ; Tanaka, Manobu

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. for High Energy Phys., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1991

fDate

4/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

139

Abstract

A readout system of multianode photomultiplier tubes (PMT) was designed for a scintillation fiber calorimeter. A time-invariant method of charge measurement is applied. Key components of this system are a monolithic shaper amplifier using semicustom bipolar ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) technology and an analogy memory hybrid made of full-custom nMOS VLSI. The readout circuits of a 256-channel readout system of multianode PMTs have also been fabricated and await final check out. Since heat dissipation is a critical issue, a special printed-circuit board, a lamination of an aluminum plate and FR-4, is used to achieve efficient heat removal

Keywords

MOS integrated circuits; VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; bipolar integrated circuits; calorimeters; nuclear electronics; photomultipliers; scintillation counters; 256-channel readout system; Al plate; FR-4; PMT; analogy memory hybrid; application-specific integrated circuit; charge measurement; electronics; full-custom nMOS VLSI; heat dissipation; heat removal; lamination; monolithic shaper amplifier; multianode photomultiplier tubes; printed-circuit board; readout system; scintillation fiber calorimeter; semicustom bipolar ASIC; time-invariant method; Aluminum; Application specific integrated circuits; Charge measurement; Electron tubes; Integrated circuit technology; Lamination; MOS devices; Photomultipliers; Readout electronics; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.289286

Filename

289286