Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8180796 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
An experimental setup in dark condition was established to investigate the temperature and bias voltage dependence of the Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC), one type of the SiPM developed by Hamamatsu. The dark current of an MPPC near room temperature at a given gain can be approximated by an exponential function of temperature which is similar to the behavior of a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor. According to these facts, a gain control and stabilization circuit for MPPC is developed by using a programmable current sink with temperature compensation. Detailed design and performance analysis results of the circuit in the temperature range from 5.1 °C to 33.3 °C will be discussed in this paper.
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Authors
Zhengwei Li, Yupeng Xu, Congzhan Liu, Yanguo Li, Maoshun Li, Yong Chen, Yusa Wang, Bo Lu, Weiwei Cui, Jia Huo, Tianxiang Chen, Dawei Han, Wei Hu, Chengkui Li, Wei Li, Xiaoyan Liu, Juan Wang, Yanji Yang, Xiafei Li,