Broadcom release new generation of SiPM

We are pleased to announce the release of Broadcom''s new generation of high performance Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs), the NUV-MT-Series.

The first products to be released are 4mm and 6mm active area surface mount components along with three surface mount arrays - 4x4 and 2x2 4mm pitch devices and a 2x1 6mm pitch.

All NUV-MT SiPMs feature a large 40μm SPAD pitch with a high fill-factor to achieve industry-leading Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE) of 63% at 12V overbias.

Key improvements offered by NUV-MT Series SiPMs include:-

Industry-leading PDE; 63% (12V overbias)
High Gain; 7.3M (12V overbias)
Fast Recovery Time (Tau); (55ns)
Excellent SPTR & CRT
Low Dark Count Rate 125kHz/mm² (12V overbias)
Low Crosstalk; 23% (1V overbias)
Low Afterpulsing; <1% at 12Vob
Low & Uniform Breakdown Voltage; 32.5±0.5V

Broadcom's NUV-MT SiPMs surpass the current standard detectors (PMT, APD & PIN photodiodes) in many low light applications and are replacing these in a number of key applications areas such as:-

Medical Imaging (PET, SPECT, CT)
Hazard & Threat Detection
LiDAR & 3D Ranging
Biophotonics
High Energy Physics
Sorting & Recycling

SiPMs combine the benefits of vacuum PMTs (high photon detection efficiency, gain and signal-to-noise) with those of APDs (robustness, miniaturised design, low operation voltage, cost-effective and magnetic insensitivity) to produce an outstanding low level light sensor with exceptional performance at low cost.