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20142023
most citedA Low-Noise CMOS Pixel Direct Charge Sensor, Topmetal-II-

50 citations · 135 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.ins-det2023★ 3 cited

Label-free timing analysis of SiPM-based modularized detectors with physics-constrained deep learning

Pengcheng Ai, Le Xiao, Zhi Deng +6

Pulse timing is an important topic in nuclear instrumentation, with far-reaching applications from high energy physics to radiation imaging. While high-speed analog-to-digital conv…

physics.ins-det2022★ 41 cited

Topmetal-M: a novel pixel sensor for compact tracking applications

Weiping Ren, Wei Zhou, Bihui You +22

The Topmetal-M is a large area pixel sensor (18 mm * 23 mm) prototype fabricated in a new 130 nm high-resistivity CMOS process in 2019. It contains 400 rows * 512 columns square pi…

physics.ins-det2020★ 2 cited

Two low-power optical data transmission ASICs for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter readout upgrade

Le Xiao, Wei Zhou, Quan Sun +13

A serializer ASIC and a VCSEL driver ASIC are needed for the front-end optical data transmission in the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter readout phase-I upgrade. The baseline ASICs a…

physics.ins-det2020★ 2 cited

LOCx2-130, a low-power, low-latency, 2 x 4.8-Gbps serializer ASIC for detector front-end readout

Le Xiao, Quan Sun, Datao Gong +14

In this paper, we present the design and test results of LOCx2-130, a low-power, low-latency, dual-channel transmitter ASIC for detector front-end readout. LOCx2-130 has two channe…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

The Latency Validation of the Optical Link for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I Trigger Upgrade

Binwei Deng, Le Xiao, Xiandong Zhao +14

Two optical data link data transmission Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), the baseline and its backup, have been designed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon (LAr) Calorimet…

physics.ins-det2018★ 6 cited

LOCld65, A Dual-Channel VCSEL Driver ASIC For Detector Front-End Readout

Wei Zhou, Datao Gong, Quan Sun +11

We present the design and the test results of a dual-channel Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) driver ASIC LOCld65 for detector front-end readout. LOCld65 is designed…

physics.ins-det2018

Development and Characterization of a 3.2 Gb/s Serial Link Transmitter for CMOS Image Sensors in Subatomic Physics Experiments

Quan Sun, Guangyu Zhang, Datao Gong +15

This paper presents development and characterization of a 3.2 Gb/s serial link transmitter for CMOS image sensors. The transmitter incorporates Reed-Solomon code to achieve low err…

physics.ins-det2016★ 8 cited

A beam monitor using silicon pixel sensors for hadron therapy

Zhen Wang, Shuguang Zou, Yan Fan +11

We report the design and test results of a beam monitor developed for online monitoring in hadron therapy. The beam monitor uses eight silicon pixel sensors, \textit{Topmetal-${II}…

physics.ins-det2016★ 3 cited

Detailed study of the column-based priority logic readout of Topmetal-II- CMOS pixel direct charge sensor

Mangmang An, Chufeng Chen, Chaosong Gao +13

We present the detailed study of the digital readout of Topmetal-II- CMOS pixel direct charge sensor. Topmetal-II- is an integrated sensor with an array of 72X72 pixels each capabl…

physics.ins-det2016★ 12 cited

Test of \textit{Topmetal-} In Liquid Nitrogen For Cryogenic Temperature TPCs

Shuguang Zou, Yan Fan, Mangmang An +12

\textit{Topmetal-} is a highly pixelated direct charge sensor that contains a 7272 pixel array of 83m pitch size. The key feature of \textit{Topmetal-}…

physics.ins-det2015★ 50 cited

A Low-Noise CMOS Pixel Direct Charge Sensor, Topmetal-II-

Mangmang An, Chufeng Chen, Chaosong Gao +10

We report the design and characterization of a CMOS pixel direct charge sensor, Topmetal-II-, fabricated in a standard 0.35um CMOS Integrated Circuit process. The sensor utilizes e…

physics.ins-det2014★ 7 cited

Development of a highly pixelated direct charge sensor, Topmetal-I, for ionizing radiation imaging

Yan Fan, Chaosong Gao, Guangming Huang +9

Using industrial standard 0.35μm CMOS Integrated Circuit process, we realized a highly pixelated sensor that directly collects charge via metal nodes placed on the top of each pixe…