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Title: Characterization of an irradiated double-sided silicon strip detector with fast binary readout electronics in a pion beam

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/23.506659· OSTI ID:277634

The authors report on the characterization of an AC-coupled, double-sided silicon strip detector, with fast binary readout electronics, in a pion beam before and after proton irradiation. The proton irradiation was non-uniform and to increase the damage the detector was heated to accelerate the anti-annealing. The effective radiation level was about 1 {times} 10{sup 14} p/cm{sup 2}. Both the bias voltage of the detector and the threshold of the discriminator of the binary readout electronics were varied, and the efficiencies were determined. The irradiated detector clearly shows the effect of bulk inversion. The binary system proved to be efficient well below the full depletion voltage on the p-n junction side. Due to the highly nonuniform irradiation, the depletion voltage changes from close to zero to about 120V along a single strip, but the detector appears to work without any noticeable failures.

OSTI ID:
277634
Report Number(s):
CONF-951073-; ISSN 0018-9499; TRN: 96:018087
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 43, Issue 3Pt2; Conference: IEEE nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference, San Francisco, CA (United States), 21-28 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English