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20182026
most citedRadiation resistant LGAD design

133 citations · 451 across the 25 of their papers we have counts for

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26 papers

hep-ex2026

Design optimization of the inter-electrode structures in DC-RSD

N. Cartiglia, R. Arcidiacono, G. Bardelli +20

DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors (RSD) share charge among electrodes through a resistive n surface layer, and the choice of inter-electrode structure --- a trench, a resi…

hep-ex2026

Why (and How) LGADs Work: Ionization, Space Charge, and Gain Saturation

N. Cartiglia, A. R. Altamura, R. Arcidiacono +10

The temporal resolution of Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGADs), also known as Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSDs), is governed by two contributions: jitter, arising from electron…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Timing resolution from beam tests on thin LGADs down to 16.6 ps

Robert Stephen White, Marco Ferrero, Valentina Sola +14

The paper reports on the timing resolution achieved with Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGADs), optimised for extreme-fluence conditions, at the DESY Test Beam Facility using 4~GeV/c e…

physics.ins-det2025

Measurements and TCAD simulations of innovative RSD and DC-RSD LGAD devices for future 4D tracking

F. Moscatelli, A. Fondacci, R. Arcidiacono +15

This paper summarizes the beam test results obtained with a Resistive Silicon Detector (RSD) (also called AC-Low Gain Avalanche Diode, AC-LGAD) pixel array tested at the DESY beam…

physics.ins-det2025

Innovative DC-coupled Resistive Silicon Detector for 4D tracking

R. Arcidiacono, G. Bardelli, M. Bartolini +18

In the past 10 years, two design innovations, the introduction of low internal gain (LGAD) and of resistive read-out (RSD), have radically changed the performance of silicon detect…

physics.ins-det2025

Design and optimisation of radiation resistant AC- and DC-coupled resistive LGADs

Alessandro Fondacci, Tommaso Croci, Daniele Passeri +13

Future high-energy physics experiments require a paradigm shift in radiation detector design. In response to this challenge, resistive LGADs that combine Low Gain Avalanche Diode t…

physics.ins-det2025

Irradiation Studies of the Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detector (RSD/AC-LGAD)

Umut Elicabuk, Brendan Regnery, Luca Menzio +9

Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detectors (RSDs) are silicon sensors which provide high temporal and spatial resolution. The RSD is a candidate sensor to be used in future tracking de…

physics.ins-det2024

First test beam measurement of the 4D resolution of an RSD 450 microns pitch pixel matrix connected to a FAST2 ASIC

L. Menzio, F. Siviero, R. Arcidiacono +13

This paper reports on the spatial and temporal resolutions of an RSD 450 microns pitch pixels array measured at the DESY test beam facility. RSDs, Resistive Silicon Detectors, also…

physics.ins-det2023

A new Low Gain Avalanche Diode concept: the double-LGAD

F. Carnesecchi, S. Strazzi, A. Alici +13

This paper describes the new concept of the double-LGAD. The goal is to increase the charge at the input of the electronics, keeping a time resolution equal or better than a standa…

physics.ins-det2023★ 1 cited

Resistive Read-out in Thin Silicon Sensors with Internal Gain

N. Cartiglia, F. Moscatelli, R. Arcidiacono +13

Two design innovations, low-gain avalanche (Low-Gain Avalance Diode, LGAD) and resistive read-out (Resistive Silicon Detector, RSD), have brought strong performance improvements to…

physics.ins-det2022

High-Precision 4D Tracking with Large Pixels using Thin Resistive Silicon Detectors

R. Arcidiacono, G. Borghi, M. Boscardin +19

The basic principle of operation of silicon sensors with resistive read-out is built-in charge sharing. Resistive Silicon Detectors (RSD, also known as AC-LGAD), exploiting the sig…

physics.ins-det2022★ 13 cited

A Compensated Design of the LGAD Gain Layer

Valentina Sola, Roberta Arcidiacono, Patrick Asenov +21

In this contribution, we present an innovative design of the Low-Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) gain layer, the p implant responsible for the local and controlled signal multiplic…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Silicon sensors with resistive read-out: Machine Learning techniques for ultimate spatial resolution

Marta Tornago, Flavio Giobergia, Luca Menzio +8

Resistive AC-coupled Silicon Detectors (RSDs) are based on the Low Gain Avalanche Diode (LGAD) technology, characterized by a continuous gain layer, and by the innovative introduct…

physics.ins-det2022★ 20 cited

DC-coupled resistive silicon detectors for 4-D tracking

L. Menzio, R. Arcidiacono, G. Borghi +14

In this work, we introduce a new design concept: the DC-Coupled Resistive Silicon Detectors, based on the LGAD technology. This new approach intends to address a few known features…

hep-ex2022★ 22 cited

4D Tracking: Present Status and Perspective

N. Cartiglia, R. Arcidiacono, M. Costa +7

The past ten years have seen the advent of silicon-based precise timing detectors for charged particle tracking. The underlying reason for this evolution is a design innovation: th…

physics.ins-det2021★ 18 cited

Optimization of the Gain Layer Design of Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors

Federico Siviero, Roberta Arcidiacono, Giacomo Borghi +17

In the past few years, the need of measuring accurately the spatial and temporal coordinates of the particles generated in high-energy physics experiments has spurred a strong R\&D…

physics.ins-det2021★ 11 cited

The second production of RSD (AC-LGAD) at FBK

M. Mandurrino, R. Arcidiacono, A. Bisht +15

In this contribution we describe the second run of RSD (Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors) designed at INFN Torino and produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento. RSD…

physics.ins-det2021★ 18 cited

Combined analysis of HPK 3.1 LGADs using a proton beam, beta source, and probe station towards establishing high volume quality control

Ryan Heller, Andrés Abreu, Artur Apresyan +14

The upgrades of the CMS and ATLAS experiments for the high luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider will employ precision timing detectors based on Low Gain Avalanche Detector…

physics.ins-det2021★ 14 cited

Test beam characterization of sensor prototypes for the CMS Barrel MIP Timing Detector

R. Abbott, A. Abreu, F. Addesa +196

The MIP Timing Detector will provide additional timing capabilities for detection of minimum ionizing particles (MIPs) at CMS during the High Luminosity LHC era, improving event re…

physics.ins-det2020★ 19 cited

First application of machine learning algorithms to the position reconstruction in Resistive Silicon Detectors

Federico Siviero, Roberta Arcidiacono, Nicolò Cartiglia +6

RSDs (Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors) are n-in-p silicon sensors based on the LGAD (Low-Gain Avalanche Diode) technology, featuring a continuous gain layer over the whole s…

physics.ins-det2020★ 66 cited

Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors: principles of operation and first results from a combined analysis of beam test and laser data

M. Tornago, R. Arcidiacono, N. Cartiglia +18

This paper presents the principles of operation of Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors (RSDs) and measurements of the temporal and spatial resolutions using a combined analysis…

physics.ins-det2020★ 38 cited

Silicon Sensors for Future Particle Trackers

N. Cartiglia, R. Arcidiacono, G. Borghi +17

Several future high-energy physics facilities are currently being planned. The proposed projects include high energy circular and linear colliders, hadron colliders and m…

physics.ins-det2020★ 2 cited

High performance picosecond- and micron-level 4D particle tracking with 100% fill-factor Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors (RSD)

M. Mandurrino, N. Cartiglia, M. Tornago +7

In this paper we present a complete characterization of the first batch of Resistive AC-Coupled Silicon Detectors, called RSD1, designed at INFN Torino and manufactured by Fondazio…

physics.ins-det2020★ 13 cited

Experimental Study of Acceptor Removal in UFSD

Y. Jin, H. Ren, S. Christie +25

The performance of the Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors (UFSD) after irradiation with neutrons and protons is compromised by the removal of acceptors in the thin layer below the juncti…