Processing on blank silicon wafers to determine the feasibility of building a fully functional circuit in this technology. The cricuit has five metal layers and hosts 20 front-end ASICS. Electrically it is an exact copy of the silicon tracker upgrade hybrid designed in Liverpool.
Specification of first version
Photos at reception of first thin film hybrid batch
Processing on electrical and mechanical grade sensor wafers to investigate the influence on the sensor performance. The processing involved a single metal layer, with the cross-section shown in the figure below.
The wafers are marked with sensor number at the wafer edge close to the larger straight section of the border. The individual sensors are labelled by their X and Y positions on the wafer. The classification of the wafers and the definition of the wafer number can be found in SensorNumbering.pdf.
Post proton irradiation characterisation (word, pdf)
I/V and C/V measurements of all sensors before dicing
I/V measurements of all sensors after dicing
Inter-strip capacitance measurements of all sensors before dicing
Capacitance between strip and GND plane
Summary of capacitive load measurements
Photos at reception of the wafers
Reference documents and presentations
-- LarsEklund - 21 Nov 2008