Prototype of the readout electronics for the RICH PID detector in the STCF

Bao-Lin Hou; Lei Zhao; Jia-Jun Qin; Ye-Qun Qi; Jia-Ming Li; Zi-Yu Yang; Shu-Bin Liu; Qi An

doi:10.1007/s41365-022-01056-4

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Prototype of the readout electronics for the RICH PID detector in the STCF

NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION | Updated：2022-07-27

- Prototype of the readout electronics for the RICH PID detector in the STCF
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 33, Issue 6, Article number: 80(2022)
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  1.State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  2.Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  3.School of Information Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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  zlei@ustc.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s41365-022-01056-4
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Bao-Lin Hou, Lei Zhao, Jia-Jun Qin, et al. Prototype of the readout electronics for the RICH PID detector in the STCF. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 33(6):80(2022)
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Bao-Lin Hou, Lei Zhao, Jia-Jun Qin, et al. Prototype of the readout electronics for the RICH PID detector in the STCF. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 33(6):80(2022) DOI： 10.1007/s41365-022-01056-4.

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The ring imaging Cherenkov (RICH) detector for particle identification (PID) is being evaluated for the future super tau-charm facility (STCF) complex. In this work, the prototype readout electronics for the RICH PID detector is designed. The prototype RICH PID detector is based on a thick gas electron multiplier combined with a micromegas detector for Cherenkov light detection. Considering that there will be a large number (~690,000) of detector channels in the future RICH detector, the readout electronics faces many challenges to precisely measuring time and charge information, such as reducing the noise, increasing density, and improving precision. The requirements of the readout electronics are explored, the down-selection of the ASICs is made and thus a prototype readout electronics is designed and implemented. Tests are also conducted to evaluate the performance of the prototype readout electronics, and the results indicate that the time resolution is better than ~1 ns (RMS) when the input charge is greater than ~12 fC based on the APV25 chip, while the time resolution is better than ~1 ns (RMS) at an input charge of over ~48 fC based on the AGET and STCF ASIC chips, and the equivalent noise charge is better than ~0.5 fC (RMS) @ 20 pF based on the three ASICs. The test results indicate that the prototype readout electronics design meets the requirement of the future RICH PID detector and thus provides a reference for future engineering.

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Readout electronicsTime measurementCharge measurementRICH PID detectorSTCF

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