Low Threshold Acquisition controller for Skipper CCDs

Title: Low Threshold Acquisition controller for Skipper CCDs

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The development of the Skipper Charge Coupled Devices (Skipper-CCDs) has been a major technological breakthrough for sensing very weak ionizing particles. The sensor allows to reach the ultimate sensitivity of silicon material as a charge signal sensor by unambiguous determination of the charge signal collected by each cell or pixel, even for single electron-hole pair ionization. Extensive use of the technology was limited by the lack of specific equipment to operate the sensor at the ultimate performance. In this work a simple, single-board Skipper-CCD controller is presented, aimed for the operation of the detector in high sensitivity scientific applications. The article describes the main components and functionality of the Low Threshold Acquisition (LTA) together with experimental results when connected to a Skipper-CCD sensor. Measurements show unprecedented deep sub-electron noise of 0.039 e$$^-_{rms}$$/pix for 5000 pixel measurements.

Authors:

Cancelo, Gustavo ^[1]; Chavez, Claudio ^[2]; Chierchie, Fernando ^[3]; Estrada, Juan ^[1];

^[1]; Paolini, Eduardo ^[4]; Sofo Haro, Miguel ^[5]; Soto, Angel ^[3]; Stefanazzi, Leandro ^[1]; Tiffenberg, Javier ^[1]; Treptow, Ken ^[1]; Wilcer, Neal ^[1]; Zmuda, Ted ^[1]

Fermilab
Asuncion Natl. U.
Buenos Aires, CONICET
Buenos Aires U.
Centro Atomico Bariloche

Publication Date:: 2020-04-16

Research Org.:: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

OSTI Identifier:: 1618064

Report Number(s):: arXiv:2004.07599; FERMILAB-PUB-20-180-AE-SCD
oai:inspirehep.net:1791572

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: TBD

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: TBD

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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                    Cancelo, Gustavo, Chavez, Claudio, Chierchie, Fernando, Estrada, Juan, Fernandez Moroni, Guillermo, Paolini, Eduardo, Sofo Haro, Miguel, Soto, Angel, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Tiffenberg, Javier, Treptow, Ken, Wilcer, Neal, and Zmuda, Ted. Low Threshold Acquisition controller for Skipper CCDs.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Cancelo, Gustavo, Chavez, Claudio, Chierchie, Fernando, Estrada, Juan, Fernandez Moroni, Guillermo, Paolini, Eduardo, Sofo Haro, Miguel, Soto, Angel, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Tiffenberg, Javier, Treptow, Ken, Wilcer, Neal, & Zmuda, Ted. Low Threshold Acquisition controller for Skipper CCDs.  United States.

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                    Cancelo, Gustavo, Chavez, Claudio, Chierchie, Fernando, Estrada, Juan, Fernandez Moroni, Guillermo, Paolini, Eduardo, Sofo Haro, Miguel, Soto, Angel, Stefanazzi, Leandro, Tiffenberg, Javier, Treptow, Ken, Wilcer, Neal, and Zmuda, Ted. Thu .  
        "Low Threshold Acquisition controller for Skipper CCDs".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1618064.

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  title        = {Low Threshold Acquisition controller for Skipper CCDs},

  author       = {Cancelo, Gustavo and Chavez, Claudio and Chierchie, Fernando and Estrada, Juan and Fernandez Moroni, Guillermo and Paolini, Eduardo and Sofo Haro, Miguel and Soto, Angel and Stefanazzi, Leandro and Tiffenberg, Javier and Treptow, Ken and Wilcer, Neal and Zmuda, Ted},

  abstractNote = {The development of the Skipper Charge Coupled Devices (Skipper-CCDs) has been a major technological breakthrough for sensing very weak ionizing particles. The sensor allows to reach the ultimate sensitivity of silicon material as a charge signal sensor by unambiguous determination of the charge signal collected by each cell or pixel, even for single electron-hole pair ionization. Extensive use of the technology was limited by the lack of specific equipment to operate the sensor at the ultimate performance. In this work a simple, single-board Skipper-CCD controller is presented, aimed for the operation of the detector in high sensitivity scientific applications. The article describes the main components and functionality of the Low Threshold Acquisition (LTA) together with experimental results when connected to a Skipper-CCD sensor. Measurements show unprecedented deep sub-electron noise of 0.039 e$^-_{rms}$/pix for 5000 pixel measurements.},

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