Cryogenic front-end amplifier design for large SiPM arrays in the DUNE FD1-HD photon detection system

0566559 - FZÚ 2023 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Brizzolari, C. - Carniti, P. - Cattadori, C. - Cristaldo, E. - de la Torre Rojo, A. - Delgado, M. - Falcone, A. - Francis, K. - Gallice, N. - Gotti, C. - Guarise, M. - Montagna, E. - Montanari, A. - Pessina, G. - Pozzato, M. - Smolík, J. - Terranova, F. - Tomassetti, L. - Verdugo de Osa, A. - Warner, D. - Zálešák, Jaroslav - Zani, A. - Zuklín, Josef - Zutshi, V.
Cryogenic front-end amplifier design for large SiPM arrays in the DUNE FD1-HD photon detection system.
Journal of Instrumentation. Roč. 17, č. 11 (2022), č. článku P11017. ISSN 1748-0221. E-ISSN 1748-0221
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: analogue electronic circuits * front-end electronics for detector readout
Obor OECD: Particles and field physics
Impakt faktor: 1.3, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/11/P11017

The photon detection system of the first far detector (FD1-HD) of the DUNE experiment will detect scintillation photons produced by particle interactions in a kiloton-scale liquid Argon time projection chamber. The photon detectors of choice are silicon photomultipliers (SiPM), 6×6 mm22 each, arranged in groups of 48, which present a significantly low impedance to the front-end electronics. This paper details the design of a cryogenic amplifier with exceptionally low white voltage noise of 0.37 nV√(Hz), based on a silicon-germanium input transistor and a BiCMOS fully differential operational amplifier. It yields excellent single photoelectron resolution even at low overvoltage values. The signal rise time is below 100 ns, and the dynamic range is about 2000 photoelectrons at the typical operating overvoltage. It draws 0.7 mA from a single 3.3 V supply, for a power consumption of 2.4 mW per channel.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0337880