Instrumentation Milestone

HGTD project milestone achieved

October 6, 2021

Collider Physics Group

Wafers with the ALTIROC2 chip were received this week. This is a major milestone for the HGTD project.R. Casanova played a leading role in the design of the digital part of the chip and its verification.

IFAE is now developing a readout system. The hybridization process will also be carried out at IFAE, except the UBM step, which will be done at CNM.

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