Title :
Multi-channel digital SiPMs for PET application
Author :
Mandai, Shingo ; Charbon, E.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Delft, Delft, Netherlands
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We present a multi-channel digital Silicon photomultipliers (MD-SiPM) capable of detecting and timestamping up to 48 photons and we show the advantage of generating multiple timestamps in the context of positron emission tomography (PET). The MD-SiPM has a size of 800 μm × 800 μm and comprises 416 pixels. Three versions of the pixel exists with 1, 1.5, and 2 bit counters; the effects of different counting resolutions, dead time, and afterpulsing are also discussed.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; photomultipliers; positron emission tomography; silicon; PET application; Si; afterpulsing; counting resolutions; dead time; multichannel digital silicon photomultipliers; multiple timestamp generation; positron emission tomography; size 800 mum; Photonics; Positron emission tomography; Radiation detectors; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600111
