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Radiation Tests of Single Photon Avalanche Diode for Space ApplicationsSingle photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have been recently studied as photodetectors for applications in space missions. In this presentation we report the results of radiation hardness test on large area SPAD (actual results refer to SPADs having 500 micron diameter). Dark counts rate as low as few kHz at −10 degC has been obtained for the 500 micron devices, before irradiation. We performed bulk damage and total dose radiation tests with protons and gamma-rays in order to evaluate their radiation hardness properties and their suitability for application in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space mission. With this aim SPAD devices have been irradiated using up to 20 krad total dose with gamma-rays and 5 krad with protons. The test performed show that large area SPADs are very sensitive to proton doses as low as 2×10(exp 8) (1 MeV eq) n/cm2 with a significant increase in dark counts rate (DCR) as well as in the manifestation of the "random telegraph signal" effect. Annealing studies at room temperature (RT) and at 80 degC have been carried out, showing a high decrease of DCR after 24-48 h at RT. Lower protons doses in the range 1-10×10(exp 7) (1 MeV eq) n/cm(exp 2) result in a lower increase of DCR suggesting that the large-area SPADs tested in this study are well suitable for application in low-inclination LEO, particularly useful for gamma-ray astrophysics.
Document ID
20170011595
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Moscatelli, Francesco
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Bologna, Italy)
Marisaldi, Martino
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (INAF-IASF) Bologna, Italy)
MacCagnani, Piera
(Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Bologna, Italy)
Labanti, Claudio
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (INAF-IASF) Bologna, Italy)
Fuschino, Fabio
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (INAF-IASF) Bologna, Italy)
Prest, Michela
(Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria Como, Italy)
Berra, Alessandro
(Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria Como, Italy)
Bolognini, Davide
(Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria Como, Italy)
Ghioni, Massimo
(Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy)
Rech, Ivan
(Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy)
Gulinatti, Angelo
(Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy)
Giudice, Andrea
(Micro Photon Devices Bolzano, Italy)
Simmerle, Georg
(Micro Photon Devices Bolzano, Italy)
Candelori, Andrea
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Padova, Italy)
Mattiazzo, Serena
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Padova, Italy)
Sun, Xiaoli
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cavanaugh, John F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Rubini, Danilo
(Italian Space Agency Rome, Italy)
Date Acquired
December 7, 2017
Publication Date
February 8, 2013
Publication Information
Publication: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume: 711
ISSN: 0168-9002
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Space Radiation
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN23800
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
radiation hardness
Space-qualified detectors
Single Photon Avalanche diodes (SPADs)

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