PoS - Proceedings of Science
Volume 322 - 5th International Conference on Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors (MPGD2017) - Main session
RHIP, a Radio-Controlled High-Voltage Insulated Picoammeter and its usage in studying ion backflow in MPGD-based photon detectors
S. Dalla Torre*, M. Bari, B. Gobbo, M. Gregori, S. Levorato, G. Menon and F. Tessarotto
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Pre-published on: November 21, 2018
Published on: August 21, 2019
Abstract
A picoammeter system has been developed and engineering. It consists in a current-voltage converter,
based on an operational amplifier with very low input current, a high precision ADC, a
radio controlled data acquisition unit and the computer-based control, visualization and storage.
The precision is of the order of a tenth of picoampers and it can measure currents between electrodes
at potentials up to 8 kV. The system is battery powered and a number of strategies have
been implemented to limit the power consumption. The system is designed for multichannel applications,
up to 256 parallel channels. The overall implementation is cost-effective to make the
availability of multichannel setups easily affordable.
The design, implementation and performance of the picoammeter system are described in detail
as well as a an application: the measurement of ion backflow in MPGD-based photon detectors.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.322.0068
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