Multipurpose, Fully-Integrated 128×128 Event-Driven MD-SiPM with 512 16-Bit TDCs with 45 PS LSB and 20 ns Gating

A. Carimatto; A. Ulku; S. Lindner; E.D. D'Aillon; B. Rae; S. Pellegrini; E. Charbon

doi:10.1109/VLSIC.2018.8502337

Multipurpose, Fully-Integrated 128×128 Event-Driven MD-SiPM with 512 16-Bit TDCs with 45 PS LSB and 20 ns Gating

A. Carimatto, A. Ulku, S. Lindner, E.D. D'Aillon, B. Rae, S. Pellegrini, E. Charbon

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Abstract

A multipurpose monolithic array of 2×2 multi-channel digital silicon photomultipliers (MD-SiPMs) fabricated in 40nm CMOS technology is presented. Each MD-SiPM comprises 64×64 smart pixels connected to 128 low-power 45ps sliding-scale time-to-digital converters (TDCs). The MD-SiPMs are designed to indirectly capture gamma events in positron emission tomography (PET). The sensor can operate in frame-based and event-driven mode; the latter best suited to capture gamma events. The digital read-out is fully embedded in the sensor and it is reconfigurable by way of serial communication. Data packets are sent following a simple protocol compatible with an external FIFO, therefore eliminating the need of an FPGA. A dedicated input can be used to operate synchronously with an event generator, such as a pulsed laser, useful in other applications, like LiDAR. The system is inherently compatible with 3D-stacking technology; thus serving as a front end for different SPAD technologies, suitable for a variety of applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	73-74
Number of pages	2
Volume	2018-June
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-4214-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2018.8502337
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits: 2018 VLSI Technology Symposium - 2018 VLSI Circuits - Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, United States Duration: 18 Jun 2018 → 22 Jun 2018

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Conference	2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	18/06/18 → 22/06/18

Keywords

Voltage-controlled oscillators
Three-dimensional displays
Vents
Registers
Energy resolution
Positron emission tomography
Field programmable gate arrays

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Carimatto, A., Ulku, A., Lindner, S., D'Aillon, E. D., Rae, B., Pellegrini, S., & Charbon, E. (2018). Multipurpose, Fully-Integrated 128×128 Event-Driven MD-SiPM with 512 16-Bit TDCs with 45 PS LSB and 20 ns Gating. In 2018 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers (Vol. 2018-June, pp. 73-74). Article 8502337 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2018.8502337

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Carimatto, A, Ulku, A, Lindner, S, D'Aillon, ED, Rae, B, Pellegrini, S & Charbon, E 2018, Multipurpose, Fully-Integrated 128×128 Event-Driven MD-SiPM with 512 16-Bit TDCs with 45 PS LSB and 20 ns Gating. in 2018 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers. vol. 2018-June, 8502337, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 73-74, 2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, Honolulu, United States, 18/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSIC.2018.8502337

Multipurpose, Fully-Integrated 128×128 Event-Driven MD-SiPM with 512 16-Bit TDCs with 45 PS LSB and 20 ns Gating. / Carimatto, A.; Ulku, A.; Lindner, S. et al.
2018 Symposium on VLSI Circuits Digest of Technical Papers. Vol. 2018-June Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2018. p. 73-74 8502337.

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Multipurpose, Fully-Integrated 128×128 Event-Driven MD-SiPM with 512 16-Bit TDCs with 45 PS LSB and 20 ns Gating

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