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This work investigates the operational acquisition time limits of Timepix3 and Timepix2 detectors operated in frame mode for high-count rate of high deposited energy transfer particles. Measurements were performed using alpha particles from…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-27 C. Oancea , A. Resch , S. Barna , G. Magrin , L. Grevillot , D. Hladik , L. Marek , J. Jakubek , C. Granja

The ARIADNE project is developing innovative optical readout technologies for two-phase liquid Argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Optical readout presents an exciting alternative to the current paradigm of charge readout. Optical…

We present the first prototype of a novel thermal neutron detector using the time projection method. The system consists of 8 TimePix ASICS with postprocessed InGrid meshes. Each ASIC has 256 x 256 pixels of 55 mum x 55mum in size with the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-26 M. Köhli , K. Desch , M. Gruber , J. Kaminski , F. P. Schmidt , T. Wagner

A readout system based on the Timepix4 ASIC, is being developed for photon science. The TEMPUS detector can be operated in two distinct modes: a photon counting mode, which allows for conventional full-frame readout at rates up to 40 kfps;…

The upgrade of the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS-II) will raise the proton beam power to 500 kW. Consequently, the existing Timepix3-based detector systems, limited to a count rate of 80 Mhits/s, will encounter severe saturation…

We report the demonstration of a low-power pixelated readout system designed for three-dimensional ionization charge detection and digital readout of liquid argon time projection chambers (LArTPCs). Unambiguous 3D charge readout was…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-12 D. A. Dwyer , M. Garcia-Sciveres , D. Gnani , C. Grace , S. Kohn , M. Kramer , A. Krieger , C. J. Lin , K. B. Luk , P. Madigan , C. Marshall , H. Steiner , T. Stezelberger

We present the recent development of a lightweight detector capable of accurate spatial, timing, and amplitude resolution of charged particles. The technology is based on double-sided double-metal p+\,--\,n\,--\,n+ micro-strip silicon…

XRPIX is the monolithic X-ray SOI (silicon-on-insulator) pixel detector, which has a time resolution better than 10 $\rm{\mu}$s as well as a high detection efficiency for X-rays above 10 keV. XRPIX is planned to be installed on future X-ray…

This work presents the 8-channel FastIC+, a low-power consumption and highly configurable multi-channel front-end ASIC with internal digitization, for the readout of photo-sensors with picosecond time resolution and intrinsic gain. This…

A monolithic silicon pixel ASIC prototype, produced in 2024 as part of the Horizon 2020 MONOLITH ERC Advanced project, was tested with a 120 GeV/c pion beam. The ASIC features a matrix of hexagonal pixels with a 100 \mu m pitch, read by…

We propose SOI pixel circuits with a synchronized time memory cell (TMC) for time-of-flight stigmatic imaging mass spectrometry. The circuits simultaneously detect the position and the fine/coarse flight time of an ion for the MALDI-ToF…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-07-28 Kaori Watanabe , Masayuki Ikebe , Youichi Fujita , Yasuo Arai , Hisanao Hazama

DataPix4 (Data Acquisition for Timepix4 Applications) is a new C++ framework for the management of Timepix4 ASIC, a multi-purpose hybrid pixel detector designed at CERN. Timepix4 consists of a matrix of 448x512 pixels that can be connected…

We present results for time resolution studies performed on three different scintillating plastics and two silicon photo-multipliers. These studies are intended to determine whether scintillating plastic/silicon photo-multiplier systems can…

A front end ASIC has been designed to equip the {\mu}TPC prototype developed for the MIMAC project, which requires 3D reconstruction of low energy particle tracks in order to perform directional detection of galactic Dark Matter. Each ASIC…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-22 J. P. Richer , O. Bourrion , G. Bosson , O. Guillaudin , F. Mayet , D. Santos

The TT-PET collaboration is developing a small animal TOF-PET scanner based on monolithic silicon pixel sensors in SiGe BiCMOS technology. The demonstrator chip, a small-scale version of the final detector ASIC, consists of a 3 x 10 pixel…

This paper presents the detailed simulation of a double-pixel structure for charged particle detection based on the 3D-trench silicon sensor developed for the TIMESPOT project and a comparison of the simulation results with measurements…

We present measurements with a GEM based TPC prototypes and the TimePix CMOS ASIC as charge collecting anode. Tests with a small prototype were performed in a 5 GeV electron beam at DESY. Different GEM orientations and geometries were…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-02 U. Renz

Detectors based on pixels with timing capabilities are gaining increasing importance in the last years. Next-to-come high-energy physics experiments at colliders requires the use of time information in tracking, due to the increasing levels…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-25 Adriano Lai , Gian Matteo Cossu

While designed primarily for X-ray imaging applications, the Medipix3 ASIC can also be used for charged-particle tracking. In this work, results from a beam test at the CERN SPS with irradiated and non-irradiated sensors are presented and…