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The performace of an ATLAS-A silicon micro-strip detector prototype with FELIX 128 analogue read out chip has been studied. The noise level and the signal to noise ratio have been measured as a funtion of both detector bias and temperature.…

Particle physics detectors increasingly make use of custom FPGA firmware and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for data readout and triggering. As these designs become more complex, it is important to ensure that they are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-16 Benjamin John Rosser

We developed CdTe double-sided strip detectors (DSDs or cross strip detectors) and evaluated their spectral and imaging performance for hard X-rays and gamma-rays. Though the double-sided strip configuration is suitable for imagers with a…

We present the first results from the HPSoC ASIC designed for readout of Ultra-fast Silicon Detectors. The 4-channel ASIC manufactured in 65 nm CMOS by TSMC has been optimized for 50 um thick AC-LGAD. The evaluation of the analog front end…

A front end ASIC (BiCMOS-SiGe 0.35 \mum) has been developed within the framework of the MIMAC detector project, which aims at directional detection of non-baryonic Dark Matter. This search strategy requires 3D reconstruction of low energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 J. P. Richer , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , C. Grignon , O. Guillaudin , F. Mayet , D. Santos

We designed a versatile analog front-end chip, called LTARS, for TPC-applications, primarily targeted at dual-phase liquid Ar-TPCs for neutrino experiments and negative-ion $\mu$-TPCs for directional dark matter searches. Low-noise…

We report on the design and performance of a mixed-signal application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) dedicated to avalanche photodiodes (APDs) in order to detect hard X-ray emissions in a wide energy band onboard the International Space…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-20 M. Arimoto , S. Harita , S. Sugita , Y. Yatsu , N. Kawai , H. Ikeda , H. Tomida , N. Isobe , S. Ueno , T. Mihara , M. Serino , T. Kohmura , T. Sakamoto , A. Yoshida , H. Tsunemi , S. Hatori , K. Kume , T. Hasegawa

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a NASA probe class mission concept designed to deliver arcsecond resolution with an effective area ten times that of Chandra (at launch). The AXIS focal plane features an MIT Lincoln Laboratory…

The \emph{MIDNA} application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is a skipper-CCD readout chip fabricated in a 65 nm LP-CMOS process that is capable of working at cryogenic temperatures. The chip integrates four front-end channels that…

The development of detectors that provide high resolution in four dimensions has attracted wide-spread interest in the scientific community for applications in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, medical imaging, mass spectroscopy as well…

A readout electronics used in space cosmic-ray charges measurement for multi-channel silicon detector and its performance test results are introduced in this paper. A 64-channel charge sensitive ASIC (VA140) from IDEAS company is adopt in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-07-12 Zhang Fei , Fan Rui-Rui , Peng Wen-Xi , Dong Yi-Fan , Gong Ke , Liang Xiao-Hua , Liu Ya-Qing , Wang Huan-Yu

Recent clinical evidence shows a correlation between linear energy transfer (LET) and tumor control in carbon ion radiotherapy. This prompts the direct inclusion of LET into the treatment planning. Currently, LET is mainly extracted from…

We have designed three ASICs for possible applications in the optical links of a new layer of pixel detector in the ATLAS experiment for the first phase of the LHC luminosity upgrade. The ASICs include a high-speed driver for the VCSEL, a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-24 K. K. Gan , H. P. Kagan , R. D. Kass , J. R. Moore , D. S. Smith

For the ATLAS Pixel Detector fast readout electronics has been successfully developed and tested. Main attention was given to the ability to detect small charges in the order of 5,000 electrons within 25 ns in the harsh radiation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 Fabian Huegging

The MIDNA application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are a series of skipper-CCD readout chips fabricated in a 65 nm low-power CMOS process that implement a correlated double sampling signal processing chain based on dual-slope…

Operating HADES at the future FAIR SIS-100 accelerator challenges the rate capability of DAQ and electronics. A new, more robust version of front-end electronics needs to be built for the HADES drift chamber system. Due to the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-11-19 Michael Wiebusch , Christian Müntz , Christian Wendisch , Jerzy Pietraszko , Jan Michel , Joachim Stroth

The SemiConductor Tracker (SCT) together with the Pixel detector and the Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) form the central tracking system of the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. It consists of single-sided microstrip silicon sensors, which…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Vasiliki A. Mitsou

Time and charge measurements over a large dynamic range from 1 Photo Electron (P.E.) to 4000 P.E. are required for the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA), which is one of the key components in the Large High Altitude Air Shower…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-26 Yu Liang , Lei Zhao , Yuxiang Guo , Jiajun Qin , Yunfang Yang , Boyu Cheng , Shubin Liu , Qi An

We report on the performance of an analog application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) developed aiming for the front-end electronics of the X-ray CCDcamera system onboard the next X-ray astronomical satellite, ASTRO-H. It has four…

The Forward Silicon Tracker (FST) is a pivotal component of the forward upgrade of the Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR), designed to discern hadron charge signs with a momentum resolution better than 30% for $0.2 < p_T < 2$ GeV/c in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-16 J. D. Brandenburg , Y. Chang , J. Dong , Y. He , Y. Hu , B. Huang , H. Huang , T. Huang , H. Li , M. Nie , R. Sharma , X. Sun , P. Tribedy , F. Videbæk , G. Visser , G. Wilks , P. Wang , G. Xie , G. Yan , Z. Ye , L. Yi , Y. Yang , S. Zhang , Z. Zhang