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This paper presents a discrete-time analog frontend for an analog-to-digital (ADC) based equalizers. The frontend uses a discrete-time linear equalizer (DTLE) and ultralow-power 4-bit time-interleaved charge-steering flash ADC. The DTLE…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-04 Mostafa Ayesh , Sameh Ibrahim , Mohamed M. Aboudina

We present a novel single-photon detector based on a vacuum tube incorporating a photocathode, a microchannel plate (MCP), and a Timepix4 CMOS ASIC functioning as a pixelated anode. Designed to handle photon rates up to 1 billion per second…

After the successful installation and first operation of the new Inner Tracking System (ITS2), which consists of about 10 m$^2$ of monolithic silicon pixel sensors, ALICE is pioneering the usage of bent, wafer-scale pixel sensors for the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-13 Jory Sonneveld

Micro-TPC, a time projection chamber(TPC) with micro pixel chamber($\mu$-PIC) readout was developed for the detection of the three-dimensional fine(sub-m illimeter) tracks of charged particles. We developed a two-dimensional position…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Kentaro Miuchi , Hidetoshi Kubo , Tsutomu Nagayoshi , Atsuhiko Ochi , Reiko Orito , Atsushi Takada , Toru Tanimori , Masaru Ueno

Silicon pixel detectors produced according to the ATLAS Pixel Detector design were tested in a beam at CERN in the framework of the ATLAS collaboration. The detectors used n+/n sensors with oxygenated silicon substrates. The experimental…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Lari

This paper describes the data acquisition and trigger system of the Thin Time-of-flight PET (TT-PET) scanner. The system is designed to read out in the order of 1000 pixel sensors used in the scanner and to provide a reference timing signal…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-11 Y. Bandi , Y. Favre , D. Ferrere , D. Forshaw , R. Hanni , D. Hayakawa , G. Iacobucci , P. Lutz , A. Miucci , L. Paolozzi , E. Ripiccini , C. Tognina , P. Valerio , M. Weber

Using 2.0 cm x 2.0 cm x 0.5 cm Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) substrates from the company Acrorad, we have fabricated detectors with planar cathode contacts and 8x8 anode pixels. We investigate the I-V characteristics and energy resolution of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. B. Garson , I. V. Jung , J. Perkins , H. Krawczynski

An inexpensive and portable approach to measure the time an experimental event occurs as measured by a specific electronic clock is presented. The clock resets in active synchronization with the experimental AC-power cycle. This allows an…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-10-31 W. J. Llope , N. Adams , K. K. Kainz

Charge Coupled Devices (CCDs) have been successfully used in several high energy physics experiments over the past two decades. Their high spatial resolution and thin sensitive layers make them an excellent tool for studying short-lived…

We present the timing characteristics of the flash ADC readout of the GlueX forward calorimeter, which depends on precise measurement of arrival time of pulses from FEU 84-3 photomultiplier tubes to suppress backgrounds. The tests presented…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-01-10 J. V. Bennett , M. Kornicer , M. R. Shepherd , M. M. Ito

We have developed a neutron imaging sensor based on an INTPIX4-SOI pixelated silicon device. Neutron irradiation tests are performed at several neutron facilities to investigate sensor's responses for neutrons. Detection efficiency is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-04 Y. Kamiya , T. Miyoshi , H. Iwase , T. Inada , A. Mizushima , Y. Mita , K. Shimazoe , H. Tanaka , I. Kurachi , Y. Arai

In the readout electronics of the Water Cerenkov Detector Array (WCDA) in the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) experiment, both high-resolution charge and time measurement are required over a dynamic range from 1…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-03 Cong Ma , Lei Zhao , Yu-Xiang Guo , Jian-Feng Liu , Shu-Bin Liu , Qi An

The Inner Tracking System (ITS) of the ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor technology application in high-energy physics. The upgraded version of the tracking system, called…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-05 Svetlana Kushpil

Results on beam tests of 3D silicon pixel sensors aimed at the ATLAS Insertable-B-Layer and High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC)) upgrades are presented. Measurements include charge collection, tracking efficiency and charge sharing between pixel…

A readout electronic with high time and energy resolution performance is designed for the SDD (Silicon Drift Detector) signals readout, which is aimed for X-ray pulsar based navigation (XNAV). For time measurement, the input signal is fed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-10 Er-Lei Chen , Chang-Qing Feng , Chun-Feng Ye , Shu-Bin Liu , Dong-Dong Jin , Jian Lian , Hui-Jun Hu

A monolithic silicon pixel detector prototype has been produced in the SiGe BiCMOS SG13G2 130 nm node technology by IHP. The ASIC contains a matrix of hexagonal pixels with pitch of approximately 100 $\mu$m. Three analog pixels were…

After the successful installation and first operation of the upgraded Inner Tracking System (ITS2), which consists of about $10\,$m$^2$ of monolithic silicon pixel sensors, ALICE is pioneering the usage of bent, wafer-scale pixel sensors…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-07 Alperen Yüncü

Continuous-time quantum walks offer provable speedups for certain computational problems, yet translating these advantages to near-term hardware remains challenging. We present the first experimental demonstration of variational ans\"atze…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Edric Matwiejew , Jonathan Wurtz , Jing Chen , Pascal Jahan Elahi , Tommaso Macri , Ugo Varetto

We present time-resolved charge sensing measurements on a GaAs double quantum dot with two proximal quantum point contact (QPC) detectors. The QPC currents are analyzed with cross-correlation techniques, which enables us to measure dot…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-27 B. Küng , O. Pfäffli , S. Gustavsson , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin , M. Reinwald , W. Wegscheider

For the upgrade of the inner tracker of the BESIII spectrometer, planned for 2018, a lightweight tracker based on an innovative Cylindrical Gas Electron Multiplier (CGEM) detector is now under development. The analogue readout of the CGEM…