SPIROC: Design and performance of a dedicated very front-end for an ILC prototype Hadronic Calorimeter with SiPM

Author

Raux, L. ; Callier, S. ; di Lorenzo, S. Conforti ; Dulucq, F. ; de La Taille, C. ; Martin-Chassard, G. ; Seguin-Moreau, N.

Author_Institution

OMEGA, Lab. de l´accelerateur Linaire (LAL), Orsay, France

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

557

Lastpage

561

Abstract

The SPIROC chip is a dedicated very front-end electronics to read out a prototype of the Analog Hadronic Calorimeter equipped with Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) for ILC (International Linear Collider). A first prototype of SPIROC has been fabricated in 2007 and a second version in 2010. Many test bench and test beam measurements have been performed showing a good overall behavior. However some limitations have been encountered. Another version has been submitted in February 2012 to correct these limitations and to improve the ASIC performances. After an exhaustive description of the ASIC, the performances will be presented in this paper.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; particle calorimetry; photomultipliers; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; ASIC performances; ILC prototype hadronic calorimeter; SPIROC chip; analog hadronic calorimeter; front-end electronics; silicon photomultiplier; test beam measurements; test bench measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551170

Filename

6551170