In order to study the possibility of improving the timing performance of the time of flight （TOF） systems, which are made of plastic scintillator counters, and read out by photomultiplier tubes （PMT） with mesh dyn...In order to study the possibility of improving the timing performance of the time of flight （TOF） systems, which are made of plastic scintillator counters, and read out by photomultiplier tubes （PMT） with mesh dynodes and conventional electronics, we have conducted a study using faster PMTs and ultra fast waveform digitizers to read out the plastic scintillators. Different waveform analysis methods are used to calculate the time resolution of such a system. Results are compared with the conventional discriminating method based on a threshold and pulse height. Our tests and analysis show that significant timing performance improvements can be achieved by using this new system.展开更多
A new charge measurement method, time over threshold （TOT）, has been used in some gas detectors lately. HereTOT is studied for TOF system, made of plastic scintillator counter, which can simplify the electronics of ...A new charge measurement method, time over threshold （TOT）, has been used in some gas detectors lately. HereTOT is studied for TOF system, made of plastic scintillator counter, which can simplify the electronics of the system. The signal characteristics are measured and analyzed with a high quality oscilloscope, including noise, pedestal, signal amplitude, total charge, rise time and the correlation between them. The TOT and charge are related and can be fitted by some empirical formula. The charge measurement resolution by TOT is given and this will help the design of TOF electronics.展开更多
The structure of micromegas （micro-mesh gaseous structure） detectors with different micro-meshes of stainless steel wire woven netting and Ni foil has been presented. The counting rates, energy resolution, gain, dis...The structure of micromegas （micro-mesh gaseous structure） detectors with different micro-meshes of stainless steel wire woven netting and Ni foil has been presented. The counting rates, energy resolution, gain, discharge probability and time resolution have been measured. Wider counter plateaus and gain for the developed detector were obtained. Excellent energy resolution of the micromegas detector, 17% （FWHM） based on Ni foil micro-mesh and 25% （FWHM） based on stainless steel wire woven netting micro-mesh, has been obtained for the 5.9 keV photon peak of the 55Fe X-ray source in an At/CO2（10%） gas mixture. The best time resolution at -620 V micro-mesh voltage and -870 V drift voltage is 14.8 ns for cosmic rays in an Ar/CO2 （10%） gas mixture. These results satisfy the basic demand of the micromegas detector preliminary design.展开更多
A two-step high-precision Time-to-Digital Converter(TDC),integrated with a Single-Photon Avalanche Diode(SPAD),used for Time-Of-Flight(TOF)application,has been developed and tested.Time interval measurement is perform...A two-step high-precision Time-to-Digital Converter(TDC),integrated with a Single-Photon Avalanche Diode(SPAD),used for Time-Of-Flight(TOF)application,has been developed and tested.Time interval measurement is performed by the coarse counter and fine interpolator,which are utilized to measure the total periods and the residue time of the reference clock,respectively.Following a detail analysis of time precision and clock jitter in the two-step structure,the prototype TDC fabricated in GSMC 1P6M 0.18μm CMOS Image Sensor(CIS)technology exhibits a Single-Shot Precision(SSP)of 11.415 ps and a dynamic range of 216.7 ns.In addition,a pixel of the chip occupies 100μm×100μm,and the measured Integral Nonlinearity(INL)and Differential Nonlinearity(DNL)are better than±0.88 LSB and±0.67 LSB,respectively.Meanwhile,the overall power consumption of the chip is 35 mW at 1.8 V power supply.Combined with these characteristics,the designed chip is suitable for TOF-based ranging applications.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(10979003)Main Direction Program of Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘In order to study the possibility of improving the timing performance of the time of flight （TOF） systems, which are made of plastic scintillator counters, and read out by photomultiplier tubes （PMT） with mesh dynodes and conventional electronics, we have conducted a study using faster PMTs and ultra fast waveform digitizers to read out the plastic scintillators. Different waveform analysis methods are used to calculate the time resolution of such a system. Results are compared with the conventional discriminating method based on a threshold and pulse height. Our tests and analysis show that significant timing performance improvements can be achieved by using this new system.
基金Supported by BEPCⅡ Project,CAS Knowledge Innovation Program U602 and U-34(IHEP)
文摘A new charge measurement method, time over threshold （TOT）, has been used in some gas detectors lately. HereTOT is studied for TOF system, made of plastic scintillator counter, which can simplify the electronics of the system. The signal characteristics are measured and analyzed with a high quality oscilloscope, including noise, pedestal, signal amplitude, total charge, rise time and the correlation between them. The TOT and charge are related and can be fitted by some empirical formula. The charge measurement resolution by TOT is given and this will help the design of TOF electronics.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10575046,10775062)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
文摘The structure of micromegas （micro-mesh gaseous structure） detectors with different micro-meshes of stainless steel wire woven netting and Ni foil has been presented. The counting rates, energy resolution, gain, discharge probability and time resolution have been measured. Wider counter plateaus and gain for the developed detector were obtained. Excellent energy resolution of the micromegas detector, 17% （FWHM） based on Ni foil micro-mesh and 25% （FWHM） based on stainless steel wire woven netting micro-mesh, has been obtained for the 5.9 keV photon peak of the 55Fe X-ray source in an At/CO2（10%） gas mixture. The best time resolution at -620 V micro-mesh voltage and -870 V drift voltage is 14.8 ns for cosmic rays in an Ar/CO2 （10%） gas mixture. These results satisfy the basic demand of the micromegas detector preliminary design.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(61774129,61827812,61704145)Hunan Science and Technology Department Huxiang High-level Talent Gathering Project(2019RS1037)Changsha Science and Technology Plan Key Projects(kq1801035)。
文摘A two-step high-precision Time-to-Digital Converter(TDC),integrated with a Single-Photon Avalanche Diode(SPAD),used for Time-Of-Flight(TOF)application,has been developed and tested.Time interval measurement is performed by the coarse counter and fine interpolator,which are utilized to measure the total periods and the residue time of the reference clock,respectively.Following a detail analysis of time precision and clock jitter in the two-step structure,the prototype TDC fabricated in GSMC 1P6M 0.18μm CMOS Image Sensor(CIS)technology exhibits a Single-Shot Precision(SSP)of 11.415 ps and a dynamic range of 216.7 ns.In addition,a pixel of the chip occupies 100μm×100μm,and the measured Integral Nonlinearity(INL)and Differential Nonlinearity(DNL)are better than±0.88 LSB and±0.67 LSB,respectively.Meanwhile,the overall power consumption of the chip is 35 mW at 1.8 V power supply.Combined with these characteristics,the designed chip is suitable for TOF-based ranging applications.
