Design of an Integrated Timing Amplifier for MCP Detectors [微通道板探测器集成定时放大器设计]

作者：Zhang Y.-Z.; Yu D.-Y.; Liu J.-L.; Wang W.

来源：Nuclear Electronics & Detection Technology, 2020, 40(5): 769-774.

• Coincident Measurement
• Microchannel Plate Detector
• Time-offlight Measurement
• Timing Amplifier

We develop a timing amplifier, which can be integrated into MCP detectors. It gets input from the high-voltage circuit or the anode of the MCP detector, and gives the particle timing information. It consists of a transimpedance circuit, which converts the input current signal to the output voltage signal, and two linear voltage amplifier circuits, which amplify the voltage signal to a certain level to feed the constant fraction discriminator. The timing precision of the current amplifier reaches 653 ps, and the time-of-flight measurement precision reaches 2. 1 ns in the test. This satisfies the timing requirements of most MCP detector applications, e. g., in coincident measurements and TOF measurements of reaction events.

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  中国科学院大学