Design and production of detector modules for the LHCb Silicon Tracker

The LHCb Silicon Tracker will cover a sensitive surface of about 12 m 2 with silicon micro-strip detectors. The production of detector modules is currently coming close to its conclusion. In this paper, the design of the detector modules, the main module production steps, and the module quality assurance programme are described. Selected results from the quality assurance are shown and first lessons are drawn from the experience gained during module production.