Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) offer advantages such as lower relative cost, smaller size, and lower operating voltages compared to photomultiplier tubes. A SiPM’s readout circuit topology can significantly affect the characteristics of an imaging array. In nuclear imaging and detection, energy, timing, and position are the primary characteristics of interest. Nuclear imaging has applications in the medical, astronomy, and high energy physics fields, making SiPMs an active research area. This work is focused on the circuit topologies required for nuclear imaging. We surveyed the readout strategies including the front end preamplification topology choices of transimpedance amplifier, charge amplifier, and voltage amplifier. In addition, a review of circuit topologies suitable for energy, timing, and position information extraction was performed along with a summary of performance limitations and current challenges.
Hesari, Shahram Hatefi, et al. "A Comprehensive Survey of Readout Strategies for SiPMs Used in Nuclear Imaging Systems." Photonics, vol. 8, no. 7, Jul. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8070266
Hesari, Shahram Hatefi, Haque, Mohammad Aminul, & McFarlane, Nicole (2021). A Comprehensive Survey of Readout Strategies for SiPMs Used in Nuclear Imaging Systems. Photonics, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8070266
Hesari, Shahram Hatefi, Haque, Mohammad Aminul, and McFarlane, Nicole, "A Comprehensive Survey of Readout Strategies for SiPMs Used in Nuclear Imaging Systems," Photonics 8, no. 7 (2021), https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8070266
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author = {Hesari, Shahram Hatefi and Haque, Mohammad Aminul and McFarlane, Nicole},
title = {A Comprehensive Survey of Readout Strategies for SiPMs Used in Nuclear Imaging Systems},
annote = {Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) offer advantages such as lower relative cost, smaller size, and lower operating voltages compared to photomultiplier tubes. A SiPM’s readout circuit topology can significantly affect the characteristics of an imaging array. In nuclear imaging and detection, energy, timing, and position are the primary characteristics of interest. Nuclear imaging has applications in the medical, astronomy, and high energy physics fields, making SiPMs an active research area. This work is focused on the circuit topologies required for nuclear imaging. We surveyed the readout strategies including the front end preamplification topology choices of transimpedance amplifier, charge amplifier, and voltage amplifier. In addition, a review of circuit topologies suitable for energy, timing, and position information extraction was performed along with a summary of performance limitations and current challenges.},
doi = {10.3390/photonics8070266},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1852372},
journal = {Photonics},
issn = {ISSN 2304-6732},
number = {7},
volume = {8},
place = {United States},
publisher = {MDPI},
year = {2021},
month = {07}}
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