Quad-Module characterization with the MALTA monolithic pixel chip

F. Dachs*, A.M. Zoubir, A. Sharma, C. Solans Sanchez, C.M. Buttar, D. Bortoletto, D. Dobrijevic, D.-V. Berlea, E. Charbon, F. Piro, G. Gustavino, H. Sandaker, H. Pernegger, I. Asensi Tortajada, J. Weick, Laura Gonella, L. Flores Sanz De Acedo, M. Vázquez Núñez, M. Gazi, M. LeBlancM. van Rijnbach, P. Riedler, Phil Allport, Steven Worm, T. Suligoj, V. Dao, V. Gonzalez Millan, W. Snoeys

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Abstract

The MALTA silicon pixel detector combines a depleted monolithic active pixel sensor (DMAPS) with a fully asynchronous front-end and readout. It features a high granularity pixel matrix with a 36.4 μ m symmetric pixel pitch, low power consumption of < 1 μ W/pixel and low material budget with detector thicknesses as little as 50 μ m . It achieves a radiation hardness to 100MRad TID and more than 1×10E15 1 MeV n eq/cm 2 with a time resolution of < 2 ns (Pernegger et al., 2023). In order to cover large sensitive areas efficiently with a minimum of power and data connections the development of modules, comprising of up to 4 MALTA detectors, is studied. This contribution presents the beam test performance of parallel and serial powered MALTA 4-chip modules in an effort to characterize the sensor’s chip-to-chip data and power transmission and prepare the production of a first prototype of an ultra-light weight 4-chip module on a flexible circuit with next generation MALTA2 sensors.
Original languageEnglish
Article number169306
JournalNuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A. Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors
Early online date3 May 2024
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 3 May 2024

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