Speaker
Description
We develop 3D integrated Photon-to-Digital Converters (PDC) for photon counting applications needing sub-nanosecond timing resolution. Our goal is to provide a detector capable of delivering single photon timing resolution below 50 ps that could enable Time-of-Flight positron emission tomography (ToF-PET) and computed tomography (ToF-CT). We will review the benefits and the challenges posed by these ToF modalities.
In previous years we reported on various TSMC 65nm CMOS readouts embedding Time-to-Digital Converters (TDC) and processing electronics optimized for time-of-flight applications. We will report on the performances of our multi-vernier TDCs and their integration in a readout array, particularly the need for calibration and strategies to do so.
We will also report on the design of a $5\times 5~\text{mm}^2$ readout ASIC being designed for ToF-PET and ToF-CT, and on the production schedule.
| Keyword-1 | Time-of-Flight PET |
|---|---|
| Keyword-2 | Time-of-Flight CT |
| Keyword-3 | Single photon detectors |
