MCC: The Module Controller Chip for the ATLAS Pixel Detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 492, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 117-133

  Beccherle, R ^a   Darbo, G ^a   Gagliardi, G ^a   Gemme, C ^a   Morettini, P ^a   Musico, P ^a   Osculati, B ^a   Oppizzi, P ^a   Pratolongo, F ^a   Ruscino, E ^a   Schiavi, C ^a   Vernocchi, F ^a   Blanquart, L ^b   Einsweiler, K ^b   Meddeler, G ^b   Richardson, J ^b   Comes, G ^c   Fischer, P ^c   Calvet, D ^d   Boyd, R ^e   Sicho P ^f   more..

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

ASIC; ATLAS; LHC; Radiation hardness; Silicon pixel detectors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SILICON SENSORS;

PIXEL DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0037063796     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01279-2     Document Type: Article

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