• DocumentCode
    1170008
  • Title

    Gigasensors for an Attoscope: Catching Quanta in CMOS

  • Author

    Heijne, Erik H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    CERN, erik.heijne@cern.ch
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    34
  • Abstract
    Around 1987, Eric Vittoz studied the basic parameters for the development of ´pixel´ particle tracking detectors in collaboration with a team in Geneva at CERN. CERN scientist Erik Heijne traces the evolution of these particle imagers, which has resulted in matrices of 256x256 pixels with > 1000 transistors per pixel that can process single quanta and have connections with neighboring cells allowing analog and logic operations at ns time-scale for distributed events.
  • Keywords
    Arrays; CMOS integrated circuits; Detectors; Pixel; Silicon; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits Society Newsletter, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1098-4232
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/N-SSC.2008.4785820
  • Filename
    4785820
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1170008