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Title: RD53A: A large-scale prototype chip for the phase II upgrade in the serially powered HL-LHC pixel detectors

Journal Article · · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
 [1];  [2]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund (Germany)

The phase II upgrade of the HL-LHC experiments within the LHC intends to deepen the studies of the Higgs boson and to allow the discovery of further particles by adding an integrated luminosity of about 4000 fb-1 over 10 years of operation. This upgrade would overwhelm the installed pixel detector readout chips with higher hit rates and radiation levels than ever before. To match these extreme requirements the RD53 collaboration, a joint effort between ATLAS and CMS, developed RD53A, a new generation pixel detector readout chip prototype manufactured in a 65 nm CMOS technology. It is half the size of the final pixel chips and designed to meet requirements in the face of 3 GHz/cm2 hit rate after irradiation to 500 Mrad. The detector is able to use 50×50 μm2 or 25×100 μm2 pixels with high readout speed of up to 4 links per chip with 1.28 Gbit/s each. Shunt–LDO regulators integrated on the bottom of the chip provide the required voltages to the two power domains, analog and digital. These regulators enable serial powering of the pixel modules, which is the only feasible, radiation hard scheme to ensure acceptable power cable losses and to stay within the material budget for the future pixel detectors. Finally, an overview of the status and challenges of serial powering and the Shunt–LDO regulator development will be given.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
RD53 Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1780737
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1600860
Journal Information:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 958; ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 6 works
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An integrated Shunt-LDO regulator for serial powered systems conference September 2009

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