Author :
Anghinolfi, F. ; Aspell, P. ; Bass, K. ; Beusch, W. ; Bosisio, L. ; Boutonnet, C. ; Burger, P. ; Campbell, M. ; Chesi, E. ; Claeys, C. ; Clemens, J.C. ; Cohen Solal, M. ; Debusschere, I. ; Delpierre, P. ; Di Bari, D. ; Dierickx, B. ; Enz, C.C. ; Focardi,
Abstract :
An asynchronous version of a binary pixel readout circuit has been implemented in an array with 16 columns at 500 mu m pitch and 63 rows at 75 mu m pitch. This readout chip has been bonded with solder bumps to a silicon detector with matching pixel elements. Event information in a pixel can be strobed into a local memory by a trigger signal and subsequently read out. Without a strobe the information in this memory is continuously cleared. The complete hybrid detector has been successfully tested with ionizing particles from a radioactive source. Three such devices have been used in the CERN heavy ion experiment WA94 in the Omega spectrometer where they recorded particle tracks from high multiplicity /sup 32/S interactions.<>
Keywords :
nuclear electronics; semiconductor counters; 1006 pixel; 16 pixel; 500 micron; 63 pixel; 65 micron; Si pixel detector; binary pixel readout circuit; hybrid detector; ionising particle detector; local memory; particle tracks; readout chip; strobed binary output; trigger signal; Collaboration; Detectors; Educational institutions; Event detection; Laboratories; Large Hadron Collider; Particle tracking; Production; Research and development; Silicon;
