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TOF Electronics The primary task of the TOF electronics is to measure the flight time of charged particles, referred as the “time measurement”. In order to correct the timing error caused by the “time-walk” effect, the total charge from scintillators should also be measured, referred as the “charge measurement”. Therefore the three essential functions of TOF electronics are as follows: ( Time measurement ( Charge measurement ( Fast timing signals for trigger. Pre-Amplifier Since the gain of PMT in a magnetic field of 1T is about 2.5?105. The signal amplitude is then about 50mV, and it will decrease further after a long cable(15-20 meters). The attenuation depends on the frequency characteristics of the cable. Generally, if the diameter of coaxial cable is 6-7mm, and the bandwidth of signal is 200MHz, the attenuation of signal will be 2.8dB. If the diameter is 2.9mm, the attenuation will be up to 8dB. Hence, a high-performance pre-amplifier is a good choice. The basic design considerations about the pre-amplifier are as follows. Good Bandwidth In order to achieve a no-distortion amplification for the PMT signal with 4ns rising time, the pre-amplifier must have a good high-frequency performance. The requirement is that –3dB bandwidth should not be less than 150MHz, the rising time of the amplifier should be around 2.3ns, and the effect to the rising edge of the signal should be less than 0.65ns. Dual-linear Amplifying Dual-linear amplifying is to have a higher gain for small signal in order to obtain large enough signal amplitude and good signal to noise radio (SNR); While have a gain of only a factor of one or two for large signals in order to guarantee the output signal in the linear range of the amplifier. Therefore, the dynamic range of the pre-amplifier can be broadened, and the long dead time due to signal over loading and long recovering time can be avoided. The inflexion of dual-linear amplifying is set according to the simulation result of the PMT output si