Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier

BackgroundIn order to apply in different scenarios of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) coupled scintillator detector, preamplifiers need to fulfill different requirements.PurposeThis study aims to design high-bandwidth, low-noise preamplifiers to adapt for different output modes of SiPM-coupled scinti...

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Main Authors: LONG Yuan, HUANG Yuefeng, HOU Huiliang, CHEN Yongzhong
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HOU Huiliang
CHEN Yongzhong
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HOU Huiliang
CHEN Yongzhong
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description BackgroundIn order to apply in different scenarios of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) coupled scintillator detector, preamplifiers need to fulfill different requirements.PurposeThis study aims to design high-bandwidth, low-noise preamplifiers to adapt for different output modes of SiPM-coupled scintillator detector.MethodsBased on OPA855 chip and consideration of bandwidth and noise, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a voltage feedback amplifier (VFB) were designed. The amplifier circuits were simulated and analyzed using PSpice for TI software to obtain circuit parameters. Then, the signal response and noise baseline level were measured and analyzed by experimental test using 241Am radioactive source and a sSiPM-coupled Cerium-doped Gadolinium Aluminum Gallium Garnet (GAGG(Ce)) detector.ResultsExperimental results show that these preamplifiers have good gain stability, high-bandwidth and low-noise. TIA's bandwidth is 101 MHz, lower than VFB's 381 MHz, but its baseline noise level (σnoise≈448.32 μV) is better than that of the VFB's ( σnoise≈680.96 μV).ConclusionsFor GAGG(Ce) detector ,both VFB and TIA meet the bandwidth design requirements of 2 ns for fast output pulse and 20 ns for standard output pulse, respectively. Limited by the inherent noise of circuits and the input capacitance of SiPM,TIA is suitable for energy measurements and small-area SiPM applications, while VFB is more suitable for time measurements and large-area SiPM arrays.
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spelling doaj-art-eae2310eef4c4a38abfb4ced7b4416dd2025-08-20T02:57:41ZzhoScience PressHe jishu0253-32192025-01-0148101040201040210.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.2402180253-3219(2025)01-0086-07Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplierLONG Yuan0HUANG Yuefeng1HOU Huiliang2CHEN Yongzhong3Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaShanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaShanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaShanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, ChinaBackgroundIn order to apply in different scenarios of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) coupled scintillator detector, preamplifiers need to fulfill different requirements.PurposeThis study aims to design high-bandwidth, low-noise preamplifiers to adapt for different output modes of SiPM-coupled scintillator detector.MethodsBased on OPA855 chip and consideration of bandwidth and noise, a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a voltage feedback amplifier (VFB) were designed. The amplifier circuits were simulated and analyzed using PSpice for TI software to obtain circuit parameters. Then, the signal response and noise baseline level were measured and analyzed by experimental test using 241Am radioactive source and a sSiPM-coupled Cerium-doped Gadolinium Aluminum Gallium Garnet (GAGG(Ce)) detector.ResultsExperimental results show that these preamplifiers have good gain stability, high-bandwidth and low-noise. TIA's bandwidth is 101 MHz, lower than VFB's 381 MHz, but its baseline noise level (σnoise≈448.32 μV) is better than that of the VFB's ( σnoise≈680.96 μV).ConclusionsFor GAGG(Ce) detector ,both VFB and TIA meet the bandwidth design requirements of 2 ns for fast output pulse and 20 ns for standard output pulse, respectively. Limited by the inherent noise of circuits and the input capacitance of SiPM,TIA is suitable for energy measurements and small-area SiPM applications, while VFB is more suitable for time measurements and large-area SiPM arrays.http://www.hjs.sinap.ac.cn/zh/article/doi/10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240218/silicon photomultiplierpreamplifiergagg(ce)scintillator detectornoise
spellingShingle LONG Yuan
HUANG Yuefeng
HOU Huiliang
CHEN Yongzhong
Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier
He jishu
silicon photomultiplier
preamplifier
gagg(ce)
scintillator detector
noise
title Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier
title_full Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier
title_fullStr Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier
title_full_unstemmed Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier
title_short Preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier
title_sort preamplifier design and analysis for dual output silicon photomultiplier
topic silicon photomultiplier
preamplifier
gagg(ce)
scintillator detector
noise
url http://www.hjs.sinap.ac.cn/zh/article/doi/10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240218/
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