A frontend ASIC for Microdosimetry
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| author | Waid, Simon Knopf, Matthias Magrin, Giulio Hirtl, Albert Onder, Sebastian Gundacker, Stefan Radmanovac, Daniel Barna, Sandra Bergauer, Thomas |
| author_facet | Waid, Simon Knopf, Matthias Magrin, Giulio Hirtl, Albert Onder, Sebastian Gundacker, Stefan Radmanovac, Daniel Barna, Sandra Bergauer, Thomas |
| contents | Recent clinical evidence shows a correlation between linear energy transfer (LET) and tumor control in carbon ion radiotherapy. This prompts the direct inclusion of LET into the treatment planning. Currently, LET is mainly extracted from simulations. Good clinical practice requires adopting measurement routines that correlate with LET, such as microdosimetry. In this work, we describe an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for reading out microdosimeteric sensors. The ASIC is designed for input capacitances up to 3 pF. It contains four readout channels, each with a different saturation charge ranging from 75 fC to 3.2 pC. In the 75 fC range, at 1 pF input capacitance and a shaping time of 1 microseconds, the ASIC has an equivalent noise contribution (ENC) below 15 electrons at ambient temperature. This low noise level is expected to enable new measurement possibilities, including the assessment of microdosimetric proton spectra in the low-LET region of the entrance channel, as well as studying the contribution of delta electrons. |
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| spellingShingle | A frontend ASIC for Microdosimetry Waid, Simon Knopf, Matthias Magrin, Giulio Hirtl, Albert Onder, Sebastian Gundacker, Stefan Radmanovac, Daniel Barna, Sandra Bergauer, Thomas High Energy Physics - Experiment Recent clinical evidence shows a correlation between linear energy transfer (LET) and tumor control in carbon ion radiotherapy. This prompts the direct inclusion of LET into the treatment planning. Currently, LET is mainly extracted from simulations. Good clinical practice requires adopting measurement routines that correlate with LET, such as microdosimetry. In this work, we describe an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for reading out microdosimeteric sensors. The ASIC is designed for input capacitances up to 3 pF. It contains four readout channels, each with a different saturation charge ranging from 75 fC to 3.2 pC. In the 75 fC range, at 1 pF input capacitance and a shaping time of 1 microseconds, the ASIC has an equivalent noise contribution (ENC) below 15 electrons at ambient temperature. This low noise level is expected to enable new measurement possibilities, including the assessment of microdosimetric proton spectra in the low-LET region of the entrance channel, as well as studying the contribution of delta electrons. |
| title | A frontend ASIC for Microdosimetry |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12008 |