TY  - JOUR
AU  - Herrero, V.
AU  - Toledo, J.
AU  - Catala, J. M.
AU  - Esteve, R.
AU  - Gil, A.
AU  - Lorca, D.
AU  - Monzo, J. M.
AU  - Sanchis, F.
AU  - Verdugo, A.
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012//
TI  - Readout electronics for the SiPM tracking plane in the NEXT-1 prototype
T2  - Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
JO  - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
SP  - 229
EP  - 232
VL  - 695
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv
KW  - Neutrino less double beta decay
KW  - Xenon gas TPC
KW  - SiPM readout
KW  - Front-end electronics
KW  - Gated integrator
AB  - NEXT is a new experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay using a 100 kg radio-pure high-pressure gaseous xenon TPC with electroluminescence readout. A large-scale prototype with a SiPM tracking plane has been built. The primary electron paths can be reconstructed from time-resolved measurements of the light that arrives to the SiPM plane. Our approach is to measure how many photons have reached each SiPM sensor each microsecond with a gated integrator. We have designed and tested a 16-channel front-end board that includes the analog paths and a digital section. Each analog path consists of three different stages: a transimpedance amplifier, a gated integrator and an offset and gain control stage. Measurements show good linearity and the ability to detect single photoelectrons.
SN  - 0168-9002
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.057
DO  - 10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.057
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000311469900049
ID  - Herrero_etal2012
ER  -