Ehm. Heijne et al., LHC1 - A SEMICONDUCTOR PIXEL DETECTOR READOUT CHIP WITH INTERNAL, TUNABLE DELAY PROVIDING A BINARY PATTERN OF SELECTED EVENTS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 383(1), 1996, pp. 55-63
The Omega3/LHCl pixel detector readout chip comprises a matrix of 128
X 16 readout cells of 50 mu m X 500 mu m and peripheral functions with
4 distinct modes of initialization and operation, together more than
800 000 transistors. Each cell contains a complete chain of amplifier,
discriminator with adjustable threshold and fast-OR output, a globall
y adjustable delay with local fine-tuning, coincidence logic and memor
y. Every cell can be individually addressed for electrical test and ma
sking, First results have been obtained from electrical tests of a chi
p without detector as well as from source measurements, The electronic
noise without detector is similar to 100 e(-) rms. The lowest thresho
ld setting is close to 2000 e(-) and non-uniformity has been measured
to be better than 450 e(-) rms at 5000 e(-) threshold. A timewalk of <
10 ns and a precision of < 6 ns rms on a delay of 2 mu s have been me
asured. The results may be improved by further optimization.