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We present the characterization of a readout Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for the CMS Endcap Timing Layer (ETL) of the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade with charge injection. The ASIC, named ETROC and developed in a 65 nm CMOS…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-03 H. Sun , D. Gong , W. Zhang , C. Edwards , c G. Huang , X. Huang , C. Liu , T. Liu , T. Liu , J. Olsen , Q. Sun , J. Wu , J. Ye , L. Zhang

The time resolution of the second monolithic silicon pixel prototype produced for the MONOLITH H2020 ERC Advanced project was studied using a femtosecond laser. The ASIC contains a matrix of hexagonal pixels with 100 {\mu}m pitch, readout…

This study investigates the response of Timepix3 semiconductor pixel detectors in proton beams of varying intensities, with a focus on FLASH proton therapy. Using the Timepix3 ASIC chip, we measured the spatial and spectral characteristics…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-02 C. Oancea , J. Šolc , C. Granja , E. Bodenstein , F. Horst , J. Pawelke , J. Jakubek

A prototype of DIRC-like Time-of-Flight detector (DTOF), including a pico-second time measurement electronics, is developed and tested preliminarily. The basic structure of DTOF is composed of a fused silica radiator connected to fast…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-08 Qiang Cao , Xin Li , Liwei Wang , Jie Kuang , Yonggang Wang , Cheng Li

For the High-Luminosity phase of LHC, the ATLAS experiment is proposing the addition of a High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) in the forward region to mitigate the effects of the increased pile-up. The chosen detection technology is Low…

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

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

This paper presents the design and characterization of a monolithic integrated circuit (IC) including digital silicon photomultipliers (dSiPMs) arranged in a 32$~\times~$32 pixel matrix at 70$~\mu$m pitch. The IC provides per-quadrant time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-11-23 I. Diehl , K. Hansen , T. Vanat , G. Vignola , F. Feindt , D. Rastorguev , S. Spannagel

A monolithic silicon pixel prototype produced for the MONOLITH ERC Advanced project was irradiated with 70 MeV protons up to a fluence of 1 x 10^16 1 MeV n_eq/cm^2. The ASIC contains a matrix of hexagonal pixels with 100 {\mu}m pitch,…

We present the prototype of a time-to-digital (TDC) ASIC for the upgrade of the ATLAS Monitored Drift Tube (MDT) detector for high-luminosity LHC operation. This ASIC is based on a previously submitted demonstrator ASIC designed for timing…

This paper presents the design and characterisation of a front-end prototype ASIC for the ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector, which is planned for the High-Luminosity phase of the LHC. This prototype, called ALTIROC1, consists of a…

The potential of photon detectors to achieve precise timing information is of increasing importance in many domains, PET and CT scanners in medical imaging and particle physics detectors, amongst others. The goal to increase by an order of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-11 S. Enoch , A. Gola , P. Lecoq , A. Rivetti

A pico-second timing (PIST) front-end electronic chip has been developed using $55~\mathrm{nm}$ CMOS technology for future electron-positron collider experiments (namely Higgs factories). Extensive tests have been performed to evaluate the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-06 Xin Xia , Dejing Du , Xiaoshan Jiang , Yong Liu , Bo Lu , Junguang Lyu , Baohua Qi , Manqi Ruan , Xiongbo Yan

This paper presents the design and testing of a time-stretching-based time-to-digital converter (TDC) implemented with discrete components. The TDC utilizes capacitor charging and discharging to achieve a time resolution of under 100 ps…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-23 Yanbo Chu , Zhicai Zhang

The PSEC4 custom integrated circuit was designed for the recording of fast waveforms for use in large-area time-of-flight detector systems. The ASIC has been fabricated using the IBM-8RF 0.13 micron CMOS process. On each of 6 analog…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 E. Oberla , J. -F. Genat , H. Grabas , H. Frisch , K. Nishimura , G. Varner

This paper describes the characterization of crystal matrices and silicon photomultiplier arrays for a novel Positron Emission Tomography (PET) detector, namely the external plate of the EndoTOFPET-US system. The EndoTOFPET-US collaboration…

In state-of-the-art positron emission (PET) tomography systems, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)are commonly used to precisely digitize the signals of analog silicon photo-multipliers (SiPMs). However, when operating PET…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-02 Vanessa Nadig , Bjoern Weissler , Harald Radermacher , Volkmar Schulz , David Schug

The CMS detector will be upgraded for the HL-LHC to include a MIP Timing Detector (MTD). The MTD will consist of barrel and endcap timing layers, BTL and ETL respectively, providing precision timing of charged particles. The BTL sensors are…

Data center interconnects (DCIs) will have to support throughputs of 400 Gbps or more per wavelength in the near future. To achieve such high data rates, coherent modulation and detection is used, which conventionally requires high-speed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-21 Shivangi Chugh , Rakesh Ashok , Punit Jain , Sana Naaz , Aboobackkar Sidhique , Shalabh Gupta

Samples of the monolithic silicon pixel ASIC prototype produced in 2022 within the framework of the Horizon 2020 MONOLITH ERC Advanced project were irradiated with 70 MeV protons up to a fluence of 1 x 1016 neq/cm2, and then tested using a…