Instrumentation Milestone
HGTD project milestone achieved
October 6, 2021
Collider Physics GroupWafers 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.
Instrumentation
First Pre-production Modules for the ATLAS upgrades for the LH-LHC Assembled at IFAE
February 21, 2024
The first pre-production triplet module for the ATLAS upgrades for the LH-LHC has been assembled this week at IFAE. The IFAE ATLAS Pixels group is building modules for the innermost pixel layer of the tracking detector (ITk) and the new high granularity timing detector (HGTD).