PETsys Time-of-Flight PET ASIC

 
                
                                  




  Figure 1: Detail of test board showing the TOFPET2 ASIC bonded on the board before the application of a protective epoxy layer. Standard it is provided as BGA package.  
  

The PETsys High Performance TOFPET2 ASIC is a new 64 channel chip for the readout and digitization of signals from fast photon detectors in applications where a high data rate and fast timing is required. It uses a low threshold for timing and a high threshold for accepting the event. Both thresholds are separately configurable for each channel. Every time one of the 64 channels exceeds the high threshold a record is created giving the channel number, the time and the charge of the event. Activity in one channel does not cause any dead-time on the other channels.

 
A short description of the ASIC2 can be found here :
 
 
A performance report can be found here:
 
For the ASIC2 Data Sheet : see the documentation section.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Main Features

  • Designed in standard CMOS 110 nm technology.
  • Signal amplification and discrimination for each of 64 independent channels.
  • Dual branch analogue interpolation TDCs for each channel. The first branch is used for timing measurement. The second branch can either be used for time-over-threshold (ToT) or charge measurement (ADC).
  • Quad-bufered charge integration for each TDC or ADC in each channel
  • Dynamic range: 1500 pC.
  • SNR 25 dB for Qin=200 fC (about one p. e.) and input capacitance of 320 pF.
  • TDC time binning: 30 ps.
  • Gain adjustment per channel: 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8.
  • On-chip calibration pulse generator with 6-bit programmable amplitude.
  • Max channel hit rate: 600 kHz.
  • Rejects dark counts without triggering, allowing to handle over 1 MHz of dark counts.
  • Separately configurable thresholds for each channel.
  • Configurable charge integration time up to two microseconds.
  • Fully digital output, 4 LVDS data links double data rate (DDR) compatible.
  • Max output data rate: 3.2 Gb/s.
  • Clock frequency: 200 MHz.
  • Power consumption per channel: 8.2 mW, depending on certain settings
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Figure 2.
Pulse hight spectrum obtained with a radioactive source of 22Na and with a LYSO crystal of 3x3x5 mm3 mounted on a KETEK-PM3325-WB SiPM at 4 V overvoltage and at 20° C. The charge signal is integrated in a time window of 350 ns. The energy resolution at 511 keV is 10.5 % after correction for the SiPM non-linearity.

 

 

Figure 3.

Time difference between the two signals from a positron annihilation event. Measured at 15°C with a 22Na point source and two 2x2x3 mm3 LYSO:Ce crystals coupled to two Hamamatsu S13361-30361-3050AE MPPC arrays.