CVD PCB, first steps

15 mm 25 mm Chip area. No ground plane underneath the chip. Bulk isolated => only one ground line Power lines Connector: 11,1mm*2,1mm: Molex Leave at least 5-10mm of clearance to be used as contact surface for heat dissipation Possible location for the 100nf and 10nf decoupling capacitors. Close to the chip Possible location for the 1-10uf bulk decoupling capacitors. Close to connector Control (bonding) pads Overhang: Up to 5 mm (if needed) 7,5 mm Bonding area Overview HV 4mm

A thermal relief to connect the capacitors to the ground/power lines shall be needed, otherwise soldering can become very difficult due to good thermal conductivity of silver and diamond. Connecting with a thin trace of ~200um) should be fine. Try to put capacitors here. Power lines dimensions: AVDD: 600 um VDD: 400 um (200 um according to PW consumption should be fine) DVDD: 400 um (200 um according to PW consumption should be fine) GND: 1.2mm should be fine. Underneath the cheap it can be a little bit wider (1.4mm) If possible, better 400 um width than 200 because of impedance reasons and to allow more space for bonding space so the pcb can be reused. Normaly 200 um is a sensible space for 1 bonding. The bonding map needs to be redone due to lack of space. Careful thinking about it has to be taken. This point is very important because if needed we could even ask for a pin-out modification in the future chip 3mm 4mm Chip signals/power interface

Vdrop calculations  Voltage drop in power lines for silver deposition: o Resistivity: 3 mOhm/square for 10 um thickness  o 1 mOhm/square for 30 um thickness  o For AVDD (~25mm length, 0.6 width)  27 mV Vdrop o 650 mA  0.65 mV/square o If length ~25mm and width 0.6 mm  41,7 squares  27 mV Vdrop o For VDD (~25mm length, 0.4 width)  10.6 mV Vdrop o For DVDD (~25mm length, 0.4 width)  3.2 mV Vdrop o GND (~900 mA, ~25mm length, 1.4 width)  16 mV Vdrop  The current consumption in the table is running at 200 MHz. We’ll run at 40 MHZ!! So it will be lower. Nevertheless may have to increase a bit the width of AVDD and/or GND.

 Only 1 connector for LV, HV and signals  Connector type: Molex slimstack, 44pins, double row, 400um pitch, max pin current 0.3A: o => In diamond PCB end, it is narrower (11.1 x 2.1 mm) o >> In FPC side (11.9 x 2.6 mm)  Total number of pins: 44 o 21 (11 differential signals) o 3 (single-ended control signals) o 1 (3.3V line) o 3 (AVDD) o 1 (DVDD) o 1 (VDD) o 4 (GND) o 1 (HV bias) o 2 floating (HV clearance) o 2 free. To be used to connect the ground of the decoupling capacitors o Open issue. How to connect the 10uF capacitors. It doesn’t seem to be straight forward to do it… We’ll have to struggle a bit, but just a bit. HV bias and filter: Place a pad somewhere in the HV path so we could solder a wire in case we wanted bias the sensor externally. A 100K resistor and a 22nf càpacitor able to withstand 500V needs to be placed here. It may be difficult to find de capacitor… Floating GND Connector Needs to withstand 500 V

Cooling metallic support (Alu?) Diamond PCB Connector Side view: Top view: Heat dissipation At least 5mm

Technical considerations 200um track and gap is the 'standard' that can easily be achieved. 100 um gap/width is possible (so connecting to a 0.3mm pitch connector is feasible). Nevertheless, let’s try not to push to the limit. No vias => one-side board without through-holes. The chip might be powered only from one side. The metal used is silver. It can get oxidized. Maybe we’ll have to think about a coating… The square resistance is ~3 milli-ohm/square.

Ideas No ground plane beneath the chip since the bulk of the device is isolated. Besides, silver can get very activated. The 100nF and 10nF must be close to the chip, being the 10nF the closest. They have to be ceramic and the smallest possible (0402 should be fine). The bulk capacitors of 1 to 10uF must be close to the connector. If 10uF do not exist in 0402 size we could use lower capacitance values. They must also be ceramic.

Ideas We can get rid of most of the DOUT differential pairs as we don’t read-out in parallel mode yet. According to the medipix manual only dataout[0] output is needed. This reduces the number of differential pairs to 11. It would be nice to have a clearance area of mm at least in one side of the diamond to use it as thermal conductive contact to a clamp. We’ll have to check the performance of thermoplastic glue (or whatever is used) in diamond…

Very 1st VERSION Very first version. Many things to change. We’ve learnt so far: We lack of space. Use only one connector The layout can/must be improved. Let’s see if we manage to route everything in one layer Bonding impossible if routed this way. Bonds too long and capacitors are an obstacle. Put termination resistors in zig-zag ? Differential lines should be equally spaced Use the mating connector, is smaller Remove ground plane.