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A simulator for Timepix-like pixel front-ends

NázevTitle
A simulator for Timepix-like pixel front-endsA simulator for Timepix-like pixel front-ends
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
R. B. Sune, H. Bromberger, M. Campbell, X. L. Cudie, P. Christodoulou, L. Tlustos
DOIDOI
10.1088/1748-0221/19/03/C03022
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Journal of Instrumentation. 2024, 19(3), ISSN 1748-0221.
RokYear
2024
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
001189619000009
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-85187555534
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21460/24:00381082!RIV25-MSM-21460___
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.; Aplikace pixelových detektorů v zobrazováníApplications of pixel detectors in imaging; Inženýrské aplikace fyziky mikrosvětaEngineering applications of microworld physics

AbstraktAbstract

This work presents the development of a front-end simulation code for the Timepix3 readout chip [1], intended as digitizer stage in full detector simulation. The front-end electronics is modelled using an integrator stage and 3 parallel feedback loops with individually configurable time constants. The main feedback discharging the integrator consists of 3 low-pass filtered feedback loops. The leakage current compensation is approximated by an additional independent low-pass filtered feed -back loop. The system noise is modelled using independent bandwidth limited noise channels for pre -amplifier, feedback and threshold noise. The Timepix3 time of arrival (ToA) and time over threshold (ToT) measurement is implemented by a discriminator model with independent rise and fall times and 2 independent clock frequencies for ToA and ToT. The measured dependence of the ToT on the pre -amplifier input charge using test -pulses of a Timepix3 assembly is correctly reproduced for a wide range of discriminator settings.

This work presents the development of a front-end simulation code for the Timepix3 readout chip [1], intended as digitizer stage in full detector simulation. The front-end electronics is modelled using an integrator stage and 3 parallel feedback loops with individually configurable time constants. The main feedback discharging the integrator consists of 3 low-pass filtered feedback loops. The leakage current compensation is approximated by an additional independent low-pass filtered feed -back loop. The system noise is modelled using independent bandwidth limited noise channels for pre -amplifier, feedback and threshold noise. The Timepix3 time of arrival (ToA) and time over threshold (ToT) measurement is implemented by a discriminator model with independent rise and fall times and 2 independent clock frequencies for ToA and ToT. The measured dependence of the ToT on the pre -amplifier input charge using test -pulses of a Timepix3 assembly is correctly reproduced for a wide range of discriminator settings.