TY  - JOUR
AU  - Real, D.
AU  - Calvo, D.
AU  - Zornoza, J. D.
AU  - Manzaneda, M.
AU  - Gozzini, R.
AU  - Ricolfe-Viala, C.
AU  - Lajara, R.
AU  - Albiol, F.
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024//
TI  - Fast Coincidence Filter for Silicon Photomultiplier Dark Count Rate Rejection
T2  - Sensors
JO  - Sensors
SP  - 2084 - 12pp
VL  - 24
IS  - 7
PB  - Mdpi
KW  - time-to-digital converters
KW  - neutrino telescopes
KW  - silicon photomultipliers
KW  - dark noise rate filtering
AB  - Silicon Photomultipliers find applications across various fields. One potential Silicon Photomultiplier application domain is neutrino telescopes, where they may enhance the angular resolution. However, the elevated dark count rate associated with Silicon Photomultipliers represents a significant challenge to their widespread utilization. To address this issue, it is proposed to use Silicon Photomultipliers and Photomultiplier Tubes together. The Photomultiplier Tube signals serve as a trigger to mitigate the dark count rate, thereby preventing undue saturation of the available bandwidth. This paper presents an investigation into a fast and resource-efficient method for filtering the Silicon Photomultiplier dark count rate. A low-resource and fast coincident filter has been developed, which removes the Silicon Photomultiplier dark count rate by using as a trigger the Photomultiplier Tube input signals. The architecture of the coincidence filter, together with the first results obtained, which validate the effectiveness of this method, is presented.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/s24072084
DO  - 10.3390/s24072084
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:001201226600001
ID  - Real_etal2024
ER  -