• NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES
  • Vol. 48, Issue 3, 030402 (2025)
Chuqi YI1, Jifeng HAN1,*, Yangmei CHEN1, Peng HU2..., Junhan HE1, Yiyang LONG1, Xingquan LIU1, Weiping LIN1, Guofeng QU1, Sen QIAN3, Peipei REN1, Jing REN4, Ruiqiang SONG1,3, Penghui WANG1, Ke WANG3, Na WANG3, Zhigang WANG3, Ci WANG4, Jiao WANG5, Shenghua YIN2 and Chaoyang ZHAO1|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • 2(China National Nuclear Corporation (Beijing) Nuclear Instruments Co. Ltd., Beijing 100176, China)
  • 3Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
  • 5Sichuan Vocational and Technical College of Communications, Chengdu 611130, China
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    DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240262 Cite this Article
    Chuqi YI, Jifeng HAN, Yangmei CHEN, Peng HU, Junhan HE, Yiyang LONG, Xingquan LIU, Weiping LIN, Guofeng QU, Sen QIAN, Peipei REN, Jing REN, Ruiqiang SONG, Penghui WANG, Ke WANG, Na WANG, Zhigang WANG, Ci WANG, Jiao WANG, Shenghua YIN, Chaoyang ZHAO. Development of SiPM batch aging and performance measurement system[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(3): 030402 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Background

    As a new type of optoelectronic detector developed in recent years, SiPM (Silicon Photomultiplier) has the advantages of low cost, miniaturization and low working voltage. It has been widely used in particle detection, medical imaging, high-energy physics and other fields, especially in the field of large-area particle imaging. However, large-area imaging necessitates a substantial number of SiPMs, making it essential to conduct batch screening, aging, and performance measurements for these devices.

    Purpose

    This study aims to design a batch performance measurement system for SiPMs that enables the simultaneous aging and performance assessment of 512 SiPMs (the number can be further expanded).

    Methods

    Firstly, a SiPM batch aging and performance measurement system, mainly consisting of a digital multimeter, relay, low-voltage power supply, constant temperature and humidity box, and host computer was designed. Then, an online control program was developed in Python to measure the aging performance of 512 SiPMs under conditions of 30 °C, 40% relative humidity and an operating voltage of 29 V. Finally, the relative derivative method was apllied to the study of the variation in the breakdown voltage of the SiPMs was studied under different temperatures (25 °C, 27 °C, 29 °C, and 30 °C) at voltages ranging from 22 V to 29 V and a constant relative humidity of 40%.

    Results

    The results show that the dark current of SiPM decreases significantly after aging, indicating that the aging process is beneficial for rapidly stabilizing the performance of a large number of SiPMs. After aging, the average breakdown voltage of SiPM is 24.88 V (@25 ℃), which is in good agreement with the manufacturer's data of 25 V (@25 ℃), and the breakdown voltage increased with increasing temperature, and a linear fit yielded a temperature coefficient of 35.3 mV·°C-1, with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.996.

    Conclusions

    The results demonstrate that the developed system for batch aging and performance measurement of SiPM can be simultaneously used to age a large number of SiPMs, rapidly stabilizing their performance. The system can quickly obtain performance parameters for a large quantity of SiPMs, including I-V characteristics, breakdown voltage, temperature coefficients and so on, hence providing significant reference value for the batch screening and performance testing of SiPM.

    Chuqi YI, Jifeng HAN, Yangmei CHEN, Peng HU, Junhan HE, Yiyang LONG, Xingquan LIU, Weiping LIN, Guofeng QU, Sen QIAN, Peipei REN, Jing REN, Ruiqiang SONG, Penghui WANG, Ke WANG, Na WANG, Zhigang WANG, Ci WANG, Jiao WANG, Shenghua YIN, Chaoyang ZHAO. Development of SiPM batch aging and performance measurement system[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(3): 030402
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