The MuPix system-on-chip for the Mu3e experiment



Augustin, Heiko, Berger, Niklaus, Dittmeier, Sebastian, Grzesik, Carsten, Hammerich, Jan ORCID: 0000-0002-5556-1775, Huang, Qinhua, Huth, Lennart, Kiehn, Moritz, Kozlinskiy, Alexandr, Aeschbacher, Frank Meier
et al (show 7 more authors) (2017) The MuPix system-on-chip for the Mu3e experiment. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 845. pp. 194-198.

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Abstract

Mu3e is a novel experiment searching for charged lepton flavor violation in the rare decay $\mu^+ \rightarrow e^+e^-e^+$. Decay vertex position, decay time and particle momenta have to be precisely measured in order to reject both accidental and physics background. A silicon pixel tracker based on $50\,\mu$m thin high voltage monolithic active pixel sensors (HV-MAPS) in a 1 T solenoidal magnetic field provides precise vertex and momentum information. The MuPix chip combines pixel sensor cells with integrated analog electronics and a periphery with a complete digital readout. The MuPix7 is the first HV-MAPS prototype implementing all functionalities of the final sensor including a readout state machine and high speed serialization with 1.25 Gbit/s data output, allowing for a streaming readout in parallel to the data taking. The observed efficiency of the MuPix7 chip including the full readout system is $\geq99\%$ in a high rate test beam.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Replaced with final version accepted by the publisher
Uncontrolled Keywords: Silicon sensors, Pixel detectors, Monolithic, CMOS, HV-MAPS, Mu3e
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2023 14:28
Last Modified: 27 Jul 2023 14:28
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.06.095
Open Access URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.08751.pdf
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3171943