Characterization and simulation of CMS-type silicon microstrip detectors

This paper describes the expected performance for the single-sided silicon detectors of the barrel tracker of CMS. We present results obtained on;P-si de test structures for different detector design geometries (strip pitch an d width) and two readout schemes (every strip or every second strip). We sh ow measurements on devices irradiated by fast neutrons, operated at very hi gh bias voltage well above the depletion. We use an analytical model to eva luate the charge collection efficiency, noise, and signal-to-noise ratio in realistic experimental conditions.