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The water Cherenkov detector array (WCDA) is one of the key detectors in the large high altitude air shower observatory (LHAASO), which is proposed for very high gamma ray source survey. In WCDA, there are more than 3000 photomultiplier…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-26 Shengzhi Zhou , Lei Zhao , Yuxiang Guo , Ruoshi Dong , Boyu Cheng , Jiajun Qin , Sifan Qian , Shubin Liu , Qi An

We use microwave radiation generated by a semiconductor double quantum dot (DQD) micromaser for charge state detection. A cavity is populated with n_c ~ 6000 photons by driving a current through an emitter DQD. These photons are used to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-02 Y. -Y. Liu , J. Stehlik , X. Mi , T. Hartke , J. R. Petta

We demonstrate a remote sensing design of phase qubits by separating the control and readout circuits from the qubit loop. This design improves measurement reliability because the control readout chip can be fabricated using more robust…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-17 Dale Li , Fabio C. S. da Silva , Danielle A. Braje , Raymond W. Simmonds , David P. Pappas

The first generation of Single electron Sensitive Read Out (SiSeRO) amplifiers, employed as on-chip charge detectors for charge-coupled devices (CCDs) have demonstrated excellent noise and spectral performance: a responsivity of around 800…

The CONCERTO millimeter-wave spectral-imaging instrument was deployed on the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX), where it acquired science data between April 2021 and May 2023. The instrument features two focal-plane arrays, each composed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-30 Mounir Abdkrimi , Olivier Rossetto , Olivier Bourrion , Christophe Hoarau , Christophe Vescovi

A new approach was developed for the design of front-end circuits for semiconductor radiation detectors. The readout scheme consists of a first stage made of only a few components located close to the detector, and of a remote second stage…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-02 L. Cassina , C. Cattadori , A. Giachero , C. Gotti , M. Maino , G. Pessina

Silicon pixel sensors manufactured using commercial CMOS processes are promising instruments for high-energy particle physics experiments due to their high yield and proven radiation hardness. As one of the essential factors for the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-04-01 Sinuo Zhang , Ivan Caicedo , Tomasz Hemperek , Toko Hirono , Jochen Dingfelder

The performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter upgraded readout electronics, developed for the High-Luminosity phase of the LHC, is discussed. Data collected in two beam test campaigns conducted in 2018 and 2021 at the H4 and H2…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-24 The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Group

A new type of resistive plate chamber with thin-film electrodes based on diamond-like carbon is under development for background identification in the MEG II experiment. Installed in a low-momentum and high-intensity muon beam, the detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-07-19 Kensuke Yamamoto , Sei Ban , Kei Ieki , Atsuhiko Ochi , Rina Onda , Wataru Ootani , Atsushi Oya , Masato Takahashi

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project has been proposed for the survey and study of cosmic rays. In the LHAASO project, the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is one of major detectors for searching gamma ray…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 Weihao Wu , Lei Zhao , Yu Liang , Li Yu , Jianfeng Liu , Shubin Liu , Qi An

A radiation-hard quad-channel 12-bit 40 MSPS pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC) has been designed for the trigger readout electronics Phase-I upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon calorimeter, at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 T. Andeen , J. Ban , G. Brooijmans , A. Emerman , P. Kinget , J. Kuppambatti , D. Mahon , I. Ochoa , W. Sippach , Q. Wang

We present the development of a single-photon detector and the connected read-out electronics. This `hybrid' detector is based on a vacuum tube, transmission photocathode, microchannel plate and a pixelated CMOS read-out anode encapsulating…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-07-06 J. A. Alozy , N. V. Biesuz , M. Campbell , V. Cavallini , A. Cotta Ramusino , M. Fiorini , M. Guarise , X. Llopart Cudie

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

To cope with the challenging environment of the planned high luminosity upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), scheduled to start operation in 2029, CMS will replace its entire tracking system. The requirements for the tracker are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-12 The Tracker Group of the CMS Collaboration

In our previous work [2], we introduced a hardware- and power-efficient architecture for hybrid digital-analog (HDA) multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) based on stacking identical basic modules. Each module consists of a small active multi-antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-09 Krishan Kumar Tiwari , Giuseppe Caire

A new TDC-chip is under development for the COMPASS experiment at CERN. The ASIC, which exploits the 0.6 micrometer CMOS sea-of-gate technology, will allow high resolution time measurements with digitization of 75 ps, and an unprecedented…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Braun , H. Fischer , J. Franz , A. Grunemaier , F. H. Heinsius , K. Konigsmann , M. Schierloh , T. Schmidt , H. Schmitt , H. J. Urban

This work is proposing and exploring the use of multichannel readout electronics, already used in quality assurance for gain uniformity studies, to measure the uniformity of the induction gap in GEM based detectors. The measurement will…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-10-27 Mohit Gola

This paper presents Timepix2 Lite, a compact readout interface for the Timepix2 hybrid pixel detector, designed to provide high spatial and temporal resolution in a wide range of radiation detection applications. The Timepix2 Lite enables…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-22 O. Pavlas , B. Bergmann , M. Holik , M. Malich , S. Pospisil , P. Smolyanskiy , V. Vicha , R. Filgas

PARISROC is a complete read out chip, in AMS SiGe 0.35 !m technology, for photomultipliers array. It allows triggerless acquisition for next generation neutrino experiments and it belongs to an R&D program funded by the French national…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-08-24 S. Conforti Di Lorenzo , J. E. Campagne , F. Dulucq , C. De La Taille , G. Martin-Chassard , M. El Berni , W. Wei

We present the first characterization results of Timespot1, an ASIC designed in CMOS 28 nm technology, featuring a $32 \times 32$ pixel matrix with a pitch of $55 ~ \mu m$. Timespot1 is the first small-size prototype, conceived to readout…