High-speed charge-to-time converter ASIC for the Super-Kamiokande detector

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• 作者：H. Nishino ; K. Awai ; Y. Hayato ; S. Nakayama ; K. Okumura ; M. Shiozawa ; A. Takeda ; K. Ishikawa ; A. Minegishi ; Y. Arai
• 关键词：Super-Kamiokande ; Photomultiplier tube readout ; Charge-to-time converter ; Self-trigger ; high-speed ; Low-noise
• 刊名：Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：11 November 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：610
• 期：3
• 页码：710-717
• 全文大小：758 K

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A new application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the high-speed charge-to-time converter (QTC) IWATSU CLC101, provides three channels, each consisting of preamplifier, discriminator, low-pass filter, and charge integration circuitry, optimized for the waveform of a photomultiplier tube (PMT). This ASIC detects PMT signals using individual built-in discriminators and drives output timing signals whose width represents the integrated charge of the PMT signal. Combined with external input circuits composed of passive elements, the QTC provides full analog signal processing for the detector's PMTs, ready for further processing by time-to-digital converters (TDCs). High-rate signal processing is achieved by short-charge-conversion-time and baseline-restoration circuits. Wide-range charge measurements are enabled by offering three gain ranges while maintaining a short cycle time. QTC chip test results show good analog performance, with efficient detection for a single photoelectron signal, four orders of magnitude dynamic range ; ), 1 % charge linearity, 0.2 pC charge resolution, and 0.1 ns timing resolution. Test results on ambient temperature dependence, channel isolation, and rate dependence also meet specifications.