Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection

This book provides a single source for state-of-the-art information on analog electronics for the readout of radiation detectors. Featuring chapters written by international experts in their respective fields, the text defines the main design parameters of front-end circuitry developed in microelectronics technologies, explains the basis for the use of CMOS image sensors for the detection of charged particles, and describes digital pulse-processing techniques complementary to analog processing. The chapters address a variety of technologies, from analog-to-digital converters, time-to-digital converters, and silicon photomultipliers to 3D interconnects.

Autorentext

Renato Turchetta is leading the development of high-end complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, UK, the largest national laboratory in the United Kingdom owned and operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). He earned his master's degree (Laurea) from the University of Milan, Italy, in 1988 and his PhD in applied physics from the University of Strasbourg, France, in 1991. He worked as an assistant professor there until 1999, the year when he moved to the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. In his career, he has worked on the development of semiconductor detectors and their readout microelectronics before focusing on CMOS image sensors. He has worked in this area for more than 15 years. He is the author and coauthor of several patents and more than 100 papers that were published in international journals. He is currently an acting member of the scientific committee for Image Sensors Europe, the International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics, and the Pixel and CPIX conferences.

Zusammenfassung
Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection showcases the latest advances in readout electronics for particle, or radiation, detectors. Featuring chapters written by international experts in their respective fields, this authoritative text:Defines the main design parameters of front-end circuitry developed in microelectronics technologiesExplains the basis for the use of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for the detection of charged particles and other non-consumer applicationsDelivers an in-depth review of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), evaluating the pros and cons of ADCs integrated at the pixel, column, and per-chip levelsDescribes incremental sigma-delta ADCs, time-to-digital converter (TDC) architectures, and digital pulse-processing techniques complementary to analog processingExamines the fundamental parameters and front-end types associated with silicon photomultipliers used for single visible-light photon detectionDiscusses pixel sensors with per-pixel TDCs, channel density challenges, and emerging 3D technologies interconnecting detectors and electronicsThus, Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection provides a single source for state-of-the-art information on analog electronics for the readout of radiation detectors.

Inhalt

**Integrated Analog Signal Processing Readout Front Ends for Particle Detectors
***Thomas Noulis

• Analog Electronics for HVCMOS Sensors
  ***Ivan Peric
• Analog Electronics for Radiation Detection
  ***Juan A. Leñero-Bardallo and Ángel Rodríguez-Vázquez
• Low-Noise Detectors through Incremental Sigma-Delta ADCs
  ***Adi Xhakoni and Georges Gielen
• Time-to-Digital Conversion
  ***Yasuo Arai
• Digital Pulse-Processing Techniques for X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Semiconductor Detectors
  ***Leonardo Abbene, Gaetano Gerardi, and Fabio Principato
• Silicon Photomultipliers for High-Performance Scintillation Crystal Readout Applications
  ***Carl Jackson, Kevin O'Neill, Liam Wall, and Brian McGarvey
• Designing Photon-Counting, Wide-Spectrum Optical Radiation Detectors in CMOS-Compatible Technologies
  ***Edoardo Charbon and Chockalingam Veerappan
• Front-End Electronics for Silicon Photomultipliers
  ***Cristoforo Marzocca, Fabio Ciciriello, Francesco Corsi, Francesco Licciulli, and Gianvito Matarrese
• CMOS Image Sensors for Radiation Detection
  ***Nicola Guerrini
• Technology Needs for Modular Pixel Detectors
  ***Paul Seller *