A High-Rate Energy-Resolving Photon-Counting ASIC for Spectral Computed Tomography

作者:Gustavsson Mikael*; Ul Amin Farooq; Bjorklid Anders; Ehliar Andreas; Xu Cheng; Svensson Christer
来源:IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2012, 59(1): 30-39.
DOI:10.1109/TNS.2011.2169811

摘要

We describe a high-rate energy-resolving photon-counting ASIC aimed for spectral computed tomography. The chip has 160 channels and 8 energy bins per channel. It demonstrates a noise level of ENC= electrons at 5 pF input load at a power consumption of %26lt;5mW/channel. Maximum count rate is 17 Mcps at a peak time of 40 ns, made possible through a new filter reset scheme, and maximum read-out frame rate is 37 kframe/s.

  • 出版日期2012-2