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20 ps time resolution with a fully-efficient monolithic silicon pixel detector without internal gain layer

Published inJournal of instrumentation, vol. 18, no. 03, p. 03047
Publication date2023
First online date2023-03-28
Abstract

A second monolithic silicon pixel prototype was produced forthe MONOLITH project. The ASIC contains a matrix of hexagonal pixelswith 100 μm pitch, readout by a low-noise and very fast SiGe HBTfrontend electronics. Wafers with 50 μm thick epilayer of350 Ωcm resistivity were used to produce a fully depletedsensor. Laboratory and testbeam measurements of the analog channelspresent in the pixel matrix show that the sensor has a 130 V widebias-voltage operation plateau at which the efficiency is 99.8%.Although this prototype does not include an internal gain layer, thedesign optimised for timing of the sensor and the front-endelectronics provides a time resolutions of 20 ps.

Keywords
  • Particle tracking detectors (Solid-state detectors)
  • Solid state detectors
  • Timing detectors
  • Semiconductor detector: pixel
  • Semiconductor detector: design
  • Time resolution
  • Silicon
  • Germanium
  • Electronics: readout
  • Electronics: design
  • Efficiency
  • Performance
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ZAMBITO, Stefano et al. 20 ps time resolution with a fully-efficient monolithic silicon pixel detector without internal gain layer. In: Journal of instrumentation, 2023, vol. 18, n° 03, p. 03047. doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/03/p03047
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