The Quad as a building block for a large TPC planeLast update: July 13, 2020 |
![]() The quad as a building block consisting of four TimePix3 chips. . ![]() The quad, 28.38 x 39.6 mm detection surface Back to home page Fred Hartjes |
OverviewFour TimePix3 chips form the detection elements of the Quad, based on the GridPix technology. They are quipped with an amplification grid
and are mounted on a 5 mm thick aluminium plate with an aimed accuracy of 20 μm in X, Y and Z direction. The plate is mounted on a cold plate for cooling.
A low voltage power supply is mounted under the quad as well as a HV filtering board.
GridPix principle. Single electrons are detected This way of construction enables butt joining other quads in all four directions to create an unlimitly large TPC detection surface. The chips having 256 x 256 pixels are equipped with a 1 μm thick grid to provide a gas amplification of 1000 - 2000. In this way, individual ionization electrons can be reconstructed in X, Y and Z. The base of the Quad is an assembly of a flex connecting two PCBs, the 6 mm wide wirebond board and the low voltage board. A long extension of the flex ends in a connector for the control and output signals of the four TimePix3 chips. ![]() The flex with the wirebond board and the LV board Because of the space needed for the 6 mm wide wirebond board and the wirebond pads and control electronics on the chips, the active surface of the quad is reduced to 68.9%. The wirebonds and wirebond board are covered by a 10 mm wide guard electrode to maintain a homogeneous drift field.
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The results of a beam test at the ELSA testbeam in Bonn can be found in NIMA 2019 Vol 956, 11 March 2020,163331. |