The digital silicon photomultiplier - System architecture and performance evaluation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1722-1727

  Frach, Thomas ^a   Prescher, Gordian ^a   Degenhardt, Carsten ^a   Zwaans, Ben ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE QUENCHING; CHIP DESIGN; DATA PACKET; DETECTOR CELL; DIGITAL IMPLEMENTATION; DIGITAL SIGNALS; ELECTRONIC NOISE; SELECTIVE ACTIVATION; SENSOR ARCHITECTURES; SENSORLESS; SERIAL DATA; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SINGLE-ENDED; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; STANDARD CMOS PROCESS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATORS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEST INPUTS; TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GAMMA RAYS; INTEGRATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SENSORS; SILICON DETECTORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79960295095     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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