@Article{Herrero_etal2012,
author="Herrero, V.
and Toledo, J.
and Catala, J. M.
and Esteve, R.
and Gil, A.
and Lorca, D.
and Monzo, J. M.
and Sanchis, F.
and Verdugo, A.",
title="Readout electronics for the SiPM tracking plane in the NEXT-1 prototype",
journal="Nuclear Instruments {\&} Methods in Physics Research A",
year="2012",
publisher="Elsevier Science Bv",
volume="695",
pages="229--232",
optkeywords="Neutrino less double beta decay; Xenon gas TPC; SiPM readout; Front-end electronics; Gated integrator",
abstract="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.",
optnote="WOS:000311469900049",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=1237), last updated on Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:26:23 +0000",
issn="0168-9002",
doi="10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.057",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.057",
language="English"
}