A fast preamplifier concept for SiPM-based time-of-flight PET detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 695, Issue , 2012, Pages 379-384

  Huizenga, J ^a   Seifert, S ^a   Schreuder, F ^b   Van Dam, H T ^a   Dendooven, P ^b   Lohner H ^b   Vinke, R ^b   Schaart, D R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fast transimpedance amplifier; Silicon photomultiplier; Time of flight PET

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER BANDWIDTH; COMMON-BASE; CONCEPT-BASED; ENERGY OUTPUT; FAST PREAMPLIFIER; FAST RESPONSE; FAST TIMING; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH GAIN; HIGH-SPEED TRANSISTORS; LOW INPUT IMPEDANCE; LOW NOISE; LYSO:CE; PHOTO-SENSORS; PHOTON PAIRS; RISETIMES; SENSOR CAPACITANCE; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME-OF-FLIGHT PET; TIMING PERFORMANCE; TOTAL CHARGE; TRANSIMPEDANCE; TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERS;

CAPACITANCE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SENSORS;

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84859370085     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.11.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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