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Title Studies for low mass, large area monolithic silicon pixel detector modules using the MALTA CMOS pixel chip
Author(s) Riedler, P (CERN) ; Asensi Tortajada, I (Valencia U., IFIC) ; Barbero, M B (Marseille, CPPM) ; Berdalovic, I (Zagreb U.) ; Buttar, C (Glasgow U.) ; Cardella, R (Oslo U.) ; Dachs, F (CERN) ; Dao, V (CERN) ; Dyndal, M (CERN) ; Flores Sanz de Acedo, L (Glasgow U.) ; Freeman, P M (Birmingham U.) ; Habib, A (Marseille, CPPM) ; Hemperek, T (Bonn U.) ; Kugathasan, T (CERN) ; Moutsakas, K (U. Bonn (main)) ; Pangaud, P (Marseille, CPPM) ; Pernegger, H (CERN) ; Piro, F (CERN) ; Sandaker, H (Oslo U.) ; Sharma, A (Oxford U.) ; Snoeys, W (CERN) ; Wang, T (Bonn U.) ; Wermes, N (Bonn U.)
Publication 2021
Number of pages 4
In: Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 990 (2021) 164895
In: 12th international "Hiroshima" Symposium on the Development and Application of Semiconductor Tracking Detectors (HSTD), Hiroshima, Japan, 14 - 18 Dec 2019, pp.164895
DOI 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164895
Subject category Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment CERN LHC
Project HL-LHC
Abstract The MALTA monolithic silicon pixel sensors have been used to study dicing and thinning of monolithic silicon pixel detectors for large area and low mass modules. Dicing as close as possible to the active circuitry will allow to build modules with very narrow inactive regions between the sensors. Inactive edge regions of less than 5μ m to the electronic circuitry could be achieved for 100μ m thick sensors. The MALTA chip (Cardella et al., 2019) also offers the possibility to transfer data and power directly from chip to chip. Tests have been carried out connecting two MALTA chips directly using ultrasonic wedge wire bonding. Results from lab tests show that the data accumulated in one chip can be transferred via the second chip to the readout system, without the need of a flexible circuit to route the signals. The concept of chip to chip data and power transfer to achieve low mass modules has also been studied on prototype wafers using Cu-stud interconnection bridges. First results are presented, outlining technical challenges and possible future steps to achieve a low mass large area monolithic pixel sensor module.
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