Charged Particle Detection using a CMOS Active Pixel Sensor

Details Charged Particle Detection using a CMOS Active Pixel Sensor Charged Particle Detection using a CMOS Active Pixel Sensor

2002-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0212019v1

IEEE Trans.Nucl.Sci.50:1020-1025,2003

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

6 pages, 7 figures. Presented at the 2002 IEEE NSS meeting. Submitted to the IEEE NSS Transactions Journal

Scientific paper

10.1109/TNS.2003.815159

Active Pixel Sensor (APS) technology has shown promise for next-generation vertex detectors. This paper discusses the design and testing of two generations of APS chips. Both are arrays of 128 by 128 pixels, each 20 by 20 micro-m. Each array is divided into sub-arrays in which different sensor structures (4 in the first version and 16 in the second) and/or readout circuits are employed. Measurements of several of these structures under Fe55 exposure are reported. The sensors have also been irradiated by 55 MeV protons to test for radiation damage. The radiation increased the noise and reduced the signal. The noise can be explained by shot noise from the increased leakage current and the reduction in signal is due to charge being trapped in the epi layer. Nevertheless, the radiation effect is small for the expected exposures at RHIC and RHIC II. Finally, we describe our concept for mechanically supporting a thin silicon wafer in an actual detector.

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