A Front-End Circuit in 28 nm CMOS for Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Detectors in Clinical Dosimetry

Giovanni Mazza; Lorenzo Piccolo; Luca Antognini; Saba Aziz; Aishah Bashiri; Lucio Calcagnile; Daniela Calvo; Domenico Caputo; Anna Paola Caricato; Roberto Catalano; Roberto Cirio; Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone; Tommaso Croci; Giacomo Cuttone; Gianpiero De Cesare; Paolo De Remigis; Sylvain Dunand; Michele Fabi; Luca Frontini; Catia Grimani; Mariacristina Guarrera; Maria Ionica; Keida Kanxheri; Matthew Large; Francesca Lenta; Valentino Liberali; Nicola Lovecchio; Maurizio Martino; Giuseppe Maruccio; Mauro Menichelli; Anna Grazia Monteduro; Arianna Morozzi; Francesco Moscatelli; Augusto Nascetti; Stefania Pallotta; Daniele Passeri; Maddalena Pedio; Marco Petasecca; Giada Petringa; Francesca Peverini; Pisana Placidi; Gianluca Quarta; Silvia Rizzato; Federico Sabbatini; Leonello Servoli; Alberto Stabile; Cinzia Talamonti; Jonathan Emanuel Thomet; Luca Tosti; Mattia Villani; Richard James Wheadon; Nicolas Wyrsch; Nicola Zema

doi:10.1109/MOCAST61810.2024.10615398

A Front-End Circuit in 28 nm CMOS for Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Detectors in Clinical Dosimetry

Giovanni Mazza
, Lorenzo Piccolo
, Luca Antognini
, Saba Aziz
, Aishah Bashiri
, Lucio Calcagnile
, Daniela Calvo
, Domenico Caputo
, Anna Paola Caricato
, Roberto Catalano
, Roberto Cirio
, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone
, Tommaso Croci
, Giacomo Cuttone
, Gianpiero De Cesare
, Paolo De Remigis
, Sylvain Dunand
, Michele Fabi
, Luca Frontini
, Catia Grimani

Mariacristina Guarrera, Maria Ionica, Keida Kanxheri, Matthew Large, Francesca Lenta, Valentino Liberali, Nicola Lovecchio, Maurizio Martino, Giuseppe Maruccio, Mauro Menichelli, Anna Grazia Monteduro, Arianna Morozzi, Francesco Moscatelli, Augusto Nascetti, Stefania Pallotta, Daniele Passeri, Maddalena Pedio, Marco Petasecca, Giada Petringa, Francesca Peverini, Pisana Placidi, Gianluca Quarta, Silvia Rizzato, Federico Sabbatini, Leonello Servoli, Alberto Stabile, Cinzia Talamonti, Jonathan Emanuel Thomet, Luca Tosti, Mattia Villani, Richard James Wheadon, Nicolas Wyrsch, Nicola Zema

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This paper presents the design and the characterization of a front-end circuit, designed in 28 nm CMOS, for real-time dosimetry in radiation diagnostics and radiation therapy. The front-end circuit is optimized for sensors made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon. The scheme is based on a current-to-frequency converter to sustain a large range of input currents. Three different programmable solutions have been investigated to be compatible with a wide variety of sensor sizes and applications. The front-end has been designed around three key specifications: an input capacitance between 1 pF and 50 pF, an input current from 100 pA to 2 µA, and a measurement time ranging from 400 µs to 60 ns. A first prototype has been fabricated and it is being characterized in laboratory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350385427
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MOCAST61810.2024.10615398
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Sofia, Bulgaria Duration: 26 Jun 2024 → 28 Jun 2024

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Name	2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings

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Conference	13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024
Country/Territory	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Period	26/06/24 → 28/06/24

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Mazza, G., Piccolo, L., Antognini, L., Aziz, S., Bashiri, A., Calcagnile, L., Calvo, D., Caputo, D., Caricato, A. P., Catalano, R., Cirio, R., Pablo Cirrone, G. A., Croci, T., Cuttone, G., De Cesare, G., De Remigis, P., Dunand, S., Fabi, M., Frontini, L., ... Zema, N. (2024). A Front-End Circuit in 28 nm CMOS for Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Detectors in Clinical Dosimetry. In 2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings (2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MOCAST61810.2024.10615398

Mazza, Giovanni ; Piccolo, Lorenzo ; Antognini, Luca et al. / A Front-End Circuit in 28 nm CMOS for Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Detectors in Clinical Dosimetry. 2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024. (2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings).

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A Front-End Circuit in 28 nm CMOS for Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Detectors in Clinical Dosimetry. / Mazza, Giovanni; Piccolo, Lorenzo; Antognini, Luca et al.
2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2024. (2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings).

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Mazza G, Piccolo L, Antognini L, Aziz S, Bashiri A, Calcagnile L et al. A Front-End Circuit in 28 nm CMOS for Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Detectors in Clinical Dosimetry. In 2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2024. (2024 13th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2024 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/MOCAST61810.2024.10615398

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