Working group 5

Electronics for MPGDs

Conveners: Hans Muller (CERN), Jochen Kaminski (Bonn University)

 

The availability of highly integrated electronics systems for the charge readout of high granularity MPGD systems poses a non-trivial problem to many of the modern MPGD applications. The specifications of such systems for the different fields of application will be collected. For the classical configuration of charge collecting pads or strips an easy-to-use portable readout solution will be developed. Ultimate granularity is achieved by using the inputs of a CMOS pixel readout chip directly as a charge collecting anode. The specifications of such a readout chip will be worked out and a common effort will be made towards a next-generation pixel chip for MPGD readout. The tasks are: (1) Definition of front end electronics requirements for MPGDs; (2) Development of general purpose pixel chip for active anode readout; (3) Development of large area detectors with pixel readout; (4) Development of portable multichannel data acquisition systems for detector studies; and (5) Discharge protection strategies.

 

WG5 tasks:

  1. Definition of front end electronics requirements for MPGDs; 
  2. Development of general purpose pixel chip for active anode readout; 
  3. Development of large area detectors with pixel readout; 
  4. Development of portable multichannel data acquisition systems for detector studies; 
  5. Discharge protection strategies.