The SVX Series of Silicon Tracker VLSI

 

The SVX circuit was the first custom CMOS I.C. developed and used in High Energy Physics and related fields. Notably, it was also the first to include sparse-data scanning technology, in which “hit” channels (those with genuine signals) were identified and only those processed. Sparse scanning saved about two orders of magnitude of time and in the suppression of useless data. It was a revolutionary advance that has since become ubiquitous in the field. A follow-on design, SVX-H, was the first custom radiation hardened I.C. put to such use, and Dr. Kleinfelder also led the early development of the SVX-II program.


For those who have read this far, I’d like to deliver a personal note:


I owe very much to my collaborators from this time and beyond. To name just a few, they include Carl Haber, Robert Ely, David Nygen, and so many others. I appreciate the ways in which all of you have had a positive impact on my life and my ability to make a few modest contributions. Thank you.


Related publications:


  1. •[J27] J. Antos et al, “The SVX-II Silicon Vertex Detector Upgrade at CDF,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 360, pages 118-124, 1995.

  2. •[J26] T. Zimmerman, M. Sarraj, R. Yarema, I. Kipnis, S. Kleinfelder, L. Luo, O. Milgrome, “The SVX2 Readout Chip,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 42, Issue 4, Part 1:2, pages 803-807, August 1995.

  3. •[J25] P. Azzi, et al, “SVX': The New CDF Silicon Vertex Detector,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 360, pages 137-140, 1995.

  4. •[J22] D. Amidei et al, “The Silicon Vertex Detector of the Collider Detector at Fermilab,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 350, pages 73-130, 1994.

  5. •[J20] D. Amidei et al, “Electrical Performance of the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 342, pages 251- 259, 1994.

  6. •[J19] S. Tkaczyk et al, “The CDF Silicon Vertex Detector,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 342, pages 240-250, 1994.

  7. •[J17] N. Bacchetta, R.P. Ely, C. Haber, S.A. Kleinfelder, O. Schneider, W.C. Wester, “Radiation Damage Measurements on the SVX Readout Chip,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 324, pages 284-287, 1993.

  8. •[J16] J.E. Skarha et al, “Progress in the Construction of the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 315, pages 125-132, 1992.

  9. •[J10] W. C. Carithers, R. P. Ely, C. Haber, S. Holland, F. Kirsten, S. Kleinfelder, H. Spieler, W. C. Wester, M. Wong, F. Bedeschi, S. Galeotti, A. Menzione, G. Punzi, F. Raffaelli, F. Zetti, D. Amidei, T. Bohn, H. Carter, M. Hyrcyk, R. Kephart, C. Nelson, S. Segler, D. Tousignant, S. Tkacek, A. Tollestrup, K. Turner, R. Yarema, T. Zimmerman, C. Boswell, J. Matthews, S. Vejcik, “The CDF SVX: A Silicon Vertex Detector for a Hadron Collider,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, no. 289, pages 388-399, 1990.

  10. •[J9] C. Haber, W. C. Carithers, R. P. Ely, S. Holland, F. Kirsten, S. Kleinfelder, H. Spieler, W. C. Wester, M. Wong, D. Amidei, M. Hrycyk, R. Kephart, S. Tkacek, A. Tollestrup, R. J. Yarema, T. Zimmerman, F. Bedeschi, S. Galeotti, A. Menzione, G. Punzi, F. Raffaelli, F. Zetti, “Design and Prototyping of the Front-end Readout System for the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 37, Issue 3, Part 1-2, pages 1120- 1126, June 1990.

  11. •[J6] R. J. Yarema, D. Amidei, T. Bohn, T. Zimmerman, R. P. Ely, C. Haber, S. Kleinfelder, W. Wester, S. Vejcik, “Radiation Effects on the SVX Silicon Strip Readout Chip,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 37, Issue 2, Part 2, pages 434-438, April 1990.

  12. •[J4] F. Bedeschi, S. Galeotti, A. Menzione, G. Punzi, W. Carithers, R. Ely, C. Haber, F. Kirsten, S. Kleinfelder, H. Spieler, S. Waterman, A. Tollestrup, R. Yarema, T. Zimmerman, “CDF Silicon Detector Prototype Test Beam Results,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 36, Issue 1, Part 1, pages 35-39, February 1989.

  13. •[J2] S. A. Kleinfelder, W. C. Carithers, R. P. Ely, Jr., C. Haber, F. Kirsten, H. G. Spieler, “A Flexible 128 Channel Silicon Strip Detector Instrumentation Integrated Circuit with Sparse Data Readout,” IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 36, Issue 1, Part 1, pages 171-175, February 1989.

  14. •[C23] T. Zimmerman, M. Sarraj, R. Yarema, I. Kipnis, S. Kleinfelder, L. Luo, O. Milgrome, “The SVX2 Readout Chip,” Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994. 1994 IEEE Conference Record Volume 1, pages 483-487, 1995.

  15. •[C22] I. Adam, P. Franzini, U. Heintz, P. M. Tuts, Q Wu, L. Bagby, D. Huffman, S. Kleinfelder, F. Kral, M. Levi, J. Kourlas, P. Nemethy, J. Sculli, T. Regan, S. Lokos, L. Rasmussen, R. D. Schamberger, “D0 Calorimeter Electronics for the Upgraded Tevatron Collider,” Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994. 1994 IEEE Conference Record Volume 2, pages 660-663, 1995.

  16. •[C19] S. Tkaczyk, et al., “The CDF Silicon Vertex Detector,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Developments and Application of Semiconductor Tracking Detectors, Hiroshima, Japan, May 1993.

  17. •[C18] F. Bedeschi, et al, “Operation of the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector with Colliding Beams at Fermilab,” Proceedings of the XXVIth International Conference on High Energy Physics, Dallas Texas, August 1992, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 272, 1993.

  18. •[C13] J. Skarha, et al, “Construction of the CDF Silicon Vertex Detector,” Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991. Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE, pages 426-430, 1991.

  19. •[C12] W. C. Carithers, R. Ely, C. Haber, S. Holland, S. Kleinfelder, T. Merrick, O. Schneider, W. Wester, M. Wong, H. Carter, B. Flaugher, B. Gonzales, M Hrycyk, C. Nelson, S. Segler, T. Shaw, S. Tkaczyk, K. Turner, T. R. Wesson, B. Barnet, “The CDF Silicon Vertex Detector: An Overview and Test Results,” Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991. Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE, pages 475-479, 1991.

  20. •[C4] C. Haber, et al, “The CDF Silicon Microstrip Vertex Detector,” Proceedings of the 7th Topical Workshop on Proton-Antiproton Collider Physics, World Scientific, Singapore, 1989.

  21. •[C3] C. Haber, et al, “The SVX IC: A 128 Channel Charge Amplifier with Sparse Scan,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Particle Identification, Fermilab, 1989.

 

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