A self-adjusting delay circuit for pixel read-out chips

A self adjusting delay circuit for pixel readout chips

A simple concept for automatic adjustment of important VLSI{circuit properties was proposed in 1]. As an application, a self adjusting monooop is reviewed, and detailed measurements are discussed regarding a possible implementation in the LHC 1 readout chip for the ATLAS{experiment 2].

General Purpose Silicon Trigger Board for the CMS Pixel Read Out Chips

A semester research project was completed at Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zürich) and the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in the spring of 2010. A new kind of trigger based on silicon pixel sensors was developed for the commissioning of the current Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) pixel detector. Prior to this trigger there was no silicon sensor based trigger that used the same techn...

Differential read-out circuit for capacitive sensors

MicroPattern Gas Detectors with pixel read-out

MicroPattern Gas Detectors are position-sensitive proportional counters whose sense electrodes are constructed using microelectronics, thin-film or advanced PCB techniques. The feature size attainable using these methods is of the order of a few microns and the detectors show excellent spatial resolution and fast charge collection. The real challenge with this class of detectors is the design o...

A "Bioscope" system using double-sided silicon strip detectors and self-triggering read-out chips

The components and the design of a 640 by 640 channel radiation detection system based on double-sided silicon strip detectors and self-triggering read-out chips are presented. The system has been designed for applications in autoradiography and X-ray imaging in medicine, biology and other fields. Images and results from first tests of the system are shown.