Performance of CMOS pixel sensor prototypes in ams H35 and aH18 technology for the ATLAS ITk upgrade

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 924; no. C
• Main Authors: Kiehn, Moritz, Di Bello, Francesco Armando, Benoit, Mathieu, Casanova Mohr, Raimon, Chen, Hucheng, Chen, Kai, D.M.S., Sultan, Ehrler, Felix, Ferrere, Didier, Frizell, Dylan, Gonzalez Sevilla, Sergio, Iacobucci, Giuseppe, Lanni, Francesco, Liu, Hongbin, Merlassino, Claudia, Metcalfe, Jessica, Miucci, Antonio, Peric, Ivan, Prathapan, Mridula, Schimassek, Rudolf, Vicente Barreto, Mateus, Weston, Thomas, Vilella Figueras, Eva, Weber, Michele, Weber, Alena, Wong, Winnie, Wu, Weihao, Zaffaroni, Ettore, Zhang, Hui, Zhang, Matt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier 21-07-2018
• Subjects: ATLAS ITk upgrade; CMOS; High luminosity LHC; HV-MAPS; Monolithic active pixel sensor; PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Silicon pixel sensor
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576

Pixel sensors built on commercial high-voltage CMOS processes are an exciting technology that is considered as an option for the outer layer of the ATLAS inner tracker upgrade at the High Luminosity LHC. Here, charged particles are detected using deep n-wells as sensor diodes with the depleted region extending into the silicon bulk. Both analog and digital readout electronics can be added to achieve different levels of integration up to a fully monolithic sensor. Small scale prototypes using the ams CMOS technology have previously demonstrated that it can achieve the required radiation tolerance of 1015 neq/cm2 and detection efficiencies above 99.5%. Currently, large area prototypes, comparable in size to a full sensor, have been produced that include most features required towards a final design: the H35demo prototype produced in ams H35 technology that supports both external and integrated readout and the monolithic ATLASPix1 pre-production design produced in ams aH18 technology. Both chips are based on large fill-factor pixel designs, but differ in readout structure. Performance results for H35DEMO with capacitively-coupled external readout and first results for the monolithic ATLASPix1 are shown.