A fast monolithic active pixel sensor with pixel-level reset noise suppression and binary outputs for charged particle detection
2005
In order to develop precision vertex detectors for the future linear collider, fast monolithic active
pixelsensors are studied. A standard CMOS 0.25 mum digital process is used to design a test chip which includes different
pixeltypes, column-level discriminators, and a fully programmable digital sequencer. In-
pixelamplification is implemented together with double sampling. Different charge-to-voltage
conversion factorswere obtained using amplifiers with different gains or diode sizes.
Pixelarchitectures with dc and ac coupling to charge sensing element were proposed. Hits from conversion of 55 Fe photons were recorded for the dc-coupled and ac-coupled
pixelversions. Double sampling is functional and allows almost a complete cancellation of
fixed pattern noise
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