ILC Vertex Tracker From Instrumentation R&D to Physics Benchmarking A LNBL and UC Berkeley Program in collaboration with Purdue U, INFN Padova and INFN.

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ILC Vertex Tracker From Instrumentation R&D to Physics Benchmarking A LNBL and UC Berkeley Program in collaboration with Purdue U, INFN Padova and INFN Torino M Battaglia UC Berkeley and LBNL WWS ILC Vertex Review October 22-27, 2007

M Battaglia, J-M Bussat, D Contarato, P Denes, L Glesener, L Greiner, B Hooberman, D Shuman, L Tompkins, C Vu UC Berkeley and LBNL, Berkeley, CA D Bisello, P Giubilato, D Pantano, M INFN and Dip Fisica, Padova, Italy M Costa, A La Rosa INFN and Dip Fisica, Torino, Italy G Bolla, D Bortoletto, I Childres Purdue U, West Lafayette, IN Collaborators

VTX Simulation, Reconstruction, Analysis Physics Benchmarks PixelSim Cluster Reconstruction PixelAna ALS & FNAL Beam Test Data G4/Mokka Sensor and Ladder Characterization Track Fit and Extrapolation VTX Pattern Recognition lcio Jet Flavour Tagging + CDF Vtx Fit lcio Marlin Sensor Simulation

ILC Vertex Tracker: Sensor Thickness (~50  m) Asymptotic Resolution Multiple Scattering + Ladder Support + Services Cooling [80 mW/cm 2 ] S/N + Cluster Size Power Dissipation [<1mW/ADC] Backgrounds + Physics Airflow removes mW/cm 2 < 0.5 mW/ADC 25 MHz r/o 25  s/512 pixel col O(1 %) occupancy ( demonstrated) [ R&D in progress] Readout Speed [25-50 MHz] Pixel Size (10-20  m) S/N + Cluster Size ADC Resolution [~5 bits] 5 hits/BX X 9 (20  m pixels)/hit = 250 k hits cm -2 Requirements and R&D Streams

Monolithic Pixel Sensor Development Analog Pixel ArchitectureBinary Pixel Architecture AMS 0.35  m-OPTO LDRD-1 (2005): 10, 20, 40  m pixels LDRD-2 (2006): 20  m pixels, in-pixel CDS 3T and SB pixels OKI 0.15  m FD-SOI LDRD-SOI-1 (2007): 10  m pixels, analog & binary pixels OKI 0.20  m FD-SOI LDRD-SOI-2 (2008): 10  m pixels, analog & binary pixels (in-pixel time stamp) … Charge Interpolation [  ~ a/(S/N)] In-pixel CDS & On-chip Digitisation Fast Readout Small Pixels [  = pitch/ ] In-pixel Discr. & Time Stamping In-situ Charge Storage LDRD-3 (2007): 20  m pixels, in-pixel CDS on-chip 5-bit ADCs

WP-1 Benchmarks and Physics Tools for Vertex Tracker Optimisation WP-2 CMOS Pixel Sensors with in-pixel CDS, in-chip ADC and Fast Readout WP-3 SOI Pixel Sensors with Binary Output and Time Stamping WP-4 Low Mass Vertex Tracker Ladder WP-5 Vertex Tracker Prototype WP-6 ILC Vertexing and Tracking: Simulation, Reconstruction and Validation

WP-2 Monolithic CMOS Pixel Sensors with in-pixel CDS, in-chip ADCs, Data Sparsification and Fast Readout

LDRD-1 Chip m.i.p. response with 1.5 GeV e - beam at ALS Radiation Hardness Test with 30 MeV p and n at 88” Cyclotron Resolution Study (focused laser spot) S/N = 15 Pitch (  m) Laser Scan Pixel Sim x p cm -2 LDRD-1 Chip : First LBNL test structure, simple 3T pixels, analog output, 3 matrices with 10 x 10  m 2, 20 x 20  m 2 and 40 x 40  m 2 pixels; AMS 0.35 OPTO process

LDRD-1 Chip: Charge Collection Time Laser Pulse Trigger Single Pixel Readout Start Readout Pixel Pedestal Laser Pulse Pixel Signal  t = 150 ns Full Charge Collected Charge carriers collected by diffusion in almost field-free epitaxial layer; First measurement of charge collection time in AMS 0.35-OPTO process; 1 ns 1060 nm Laser pulse collimated on 20 x 20  m pixel, charge = 1 m.i.p. Charge collection time  t ~ 150 ns

LDRD-2 Chip LDRD-2 Chip : AMS 0.35-OPTO process, received October 2006 Second generation chip features more complex pixel architecture (20 transistors) with in-pixel CDS, power cycling, different bias options and diode sizes, two parallel outputs of 48 x 96 pixels. Size: 1.5 x 1.5 mm 2 6 matrices of 20x20  m 2 pixels;

LDRD-2 Chip: In-Pixel CDS Stored reference and pixel level with pulsed laser light: diode C ref C pixel - = pedestal subtracted signal 20  m Digitisation at end of pixel column limited in precision by speed and power dissipation: advantageous to subtract pedestal level in-pixel with correlated double sampling.

LDRD-2 Chip: ALS Beam Test LDRD-2 tested on ALS 1.3 GeV e - and MTest 120 GeV p beams ; 4-5 ~16 Cluster Event Display Operated in rolling-shutter mode, CDS from in-pixel stored ref. charge, MHz r/o speed, noise stable up to 25 MHz and limited by r/o board: Preliminary 21 o C at 1.25 MHz LDRD2 in T GeV p beam 3  m diode

LDRD-2 Chip: 25 MHz readout ALS BTS 1.35 GeV e - beam Operate LDRD-2 at different r/o frequencies under same beam conditions; Results show no appreciable degradation of response up to maximum tested frequency of 25 MHz (integration time 184  s) Nb Pixels in Cluster S/N

LDRD-3 Chip LDRD-3 Chip : AMS 0.35-OPTO process, received October 2007 Third generation chip features same pixel cell as LDRD-2 with in-pixel CDS and 5-bit successive approximation fully differential ADCs at end of columns. CDS subtraction performed at digitisation level; Size: 4.8 x 2.4 mm 2 matrix of 96 x 96 of 20 x 20  m 2 pixels;

LDRD-3 Chip 1 mm 20  m 20x20  m 2 pixels ADCs SRAM

LDRD-2-RH Chip Radiation-hard test version of LDRD-2 chip; Enclosed transistors, various diode designs (standard, extended thin oxide, same with poly guard ring,...) Chip submitted in October 2007 in AMS 0.35 OPTO process, to be characterised and irradiated with 200 keV e  (NCEM), 30 MeV p and 14 MeV n (88" cyclotron)

WP-3 SOI Monolithic Pixel Sensor with Binary Output and Time Stamping

LDRD-SOI Chip Specialized 0.15  m FD SOI process with high resistivity bulk and vias offered through KEK within R&D collaborative effort; SOI appealing to industry for low-power devices, ultra-low power stand-by; SOI process offers appealing opportunity for monolithic pixel sensors, removing limitations from commercial CMOS; Chip with 10 x 10  m 2 pixels, both 3T analog and digital architectures; (courtesy Arai/KEK)

LDRD-SOI-1:Tests and Irradiation First irradiation performed with 30 MeV protons (2.5 x p/cm 2 ) show evidence of charge build-up in BOX; Exposure to 1-20 MeV neutrons (10 11 n/cm 2 ) shows no appreciable degradation of noise: Significant backgating effect observed in single transistor test, expect analog chip section functional for V d < 20 V

ALS 1.35 GeV e  Cluster Display LDRD-SOI-1 Analog Pixels: Beam Test V d (V) Clusters/Evt w/ beam Clusters/Evt w/o beam Signal MPV (ADC) S/N to appear in NIM A (2007) First Beam Signal on SOI Pixel Chip ALS 1.35 GeV e 

LDRD-SOI-1 Digital Pixels: Beam Test V d (V) Clusters/Evt w/ beam Clusters/Evt w/o beam Digital pixel consists of 3T + comparator and latch, no internal amplification for minimum power dissipation, total 15 transistors in 10 x 10  m 2 ALS 1.35 GeV e 

WP-4 Low Mass Vertex Tracker Ladder based on Thin Pixel Sensors

Multiple Scattering and Sensor Thickness Preserving track extrapolation accuracy to bulk of particles at low momentum requires ultra-thin sensors and mechanical support: Sensor Thickness  m amam bmbm Mokka+Marlin Simulation of VXD02  need thin monolithic pixel sensor. e + e -  HZ  bb  +  - at 0.5 TeV

CMOS Sensor Back-thinning Back-thinning of diced CMOS chips by partner Bay Area company: Aptek. Aptek uses grinding and proprietary hot wax formula for mounting die on grinding plate: Chip mounted on PCB with reversible glue and characterized Chip removed from PCB Back-thinningChip re-mounted and re-characterized Backthinning yield ~ 90 %, chip thickness measured at LBNL after processing: “50  m” =  m, “40  m” =  m; three chips fully characterised: Thin sensitive epi-layer makes CMOS Pixel sensors in principle ideally suited for back-thinning w/o significant degradation of performance expected (especially S/N), but questions arise from earlier results; SEM Image of CMOS Pixel Chip Bulk Si Epi Si SiO + Metal

40  m  Back-thinned Sensor Tests Study change in charge collection and signal-to-noise before and after back-thinning: Mimosa 5 sensors (IPHC Strasbourg), 1 M pixels 17  m pitch, 1.8 x 1.8 cm 2 surface 55 Fe Determine chip gain and S/N for 5.9 keV X rays Collimated Laser Compare charge collection in Si at different depths 1.5 GeV e - beam Determine S/N and cluster size for m.i.p. S/N CMOS sensors back-thinning demonstrated Published in NIM A579 (2007) 675

VTX Ladder Design & Testing Program of engineering design, construction and characterization of full ladder equipped with back-thinned CMOS pixel sensors based on experience from STAR HFT project and in collaboration with them; 0.282% X 0 STAR Low mass carrier: 50  m CFC+3.2mm RVC+50  m CFC (=0.11%X 0 ); ComponentThickness (% X 0 ) Pixel Chip0.054 Adhesive0.014 Kapton Cable0.090 Adhesive0.014 Carrier0.110 Total0.282

VTX Ladder Design & Testing Mechanical and thermal characterization of STAR prototype, study of heat removal using low-speed airflow; IR Camera Image Air Cooling Test Thin ChipsHeating cable (80mW/cm 2 ) T( 0 C) r.m.s displacement on unsupported end of ladder mounted at one end, w/ quasi-laminar airflow at 20 o angle STAR Prototype Capacitive Probe Measurement

VTX Ladder Design & Testing STAR study of accuracy of chip positioning on carrier: 50  m back-thinned MIMOSA5 are positioned using a vacuum chuck with alignment bump edge and individual vacuum chuck valves; Profile of Chip Elevation on CarrierChip Corner Locations Flat to ~ 30  m Accurate to ~ 20  m Measurements using Optical Survey Machine with ~ 1  m accuracy.

VTX Ladder Design & Testing Performed surveys of 40  m and 50  m thin chips and FEA analysis of stress on flattened chip, results suggest sandwich ladder design; FEA stress analysis of flattened 50  m chip Measured Surface Map of 50  m thin chip 2 mm

VTX Ladder Design & Testing FEA of prototype structures: (core-cooled Si/CF/RVC sandwich, Si/Al/RVC sandwich, CVD coated CF); Core-cooled ladder concept is promising, optimisation in progress to move to prototyping in 2008; Low density ( g/cc) high thermal conductivity ( W/m K) foam Concept for Symmetric Ladder Sandwich Support with Air Cooling through Core Vertex Tracker Design with core-cooled ladders

WP-5 Vertex Tracker Prototype

e + e -  HZ  bb  +  - at 0.5 TeV ALS LOASIS MTest Study tracking and vertexing over full momentum range relevant to ILC physics with small trackers updated through progress of sensor development and low mass ladder prototyping; Use combination of accelerators at LBNL and FNAL for beam tests.

Thin Pixel Pilot Telescope Layout: 3 layers of thin Mimosa 5 sensors (17  m pixels) (40  m + 50  m + 50  m) + reference detector; Sensor spacing: 1.7 cm 1234 beam Beam: 1.5 GeV e - from ALS booster at BTS First beam telescope based on thin pixel sensors; System test of multi-layered detector in realistic conditions.

Thin Pixel Pilot Telescope Run 056 Event 001 TPPT allows us to perform detailed studies of ILC VTX particle tracking with various, controllable, levels of track density ( tracks mm - 2 ) under realistic conditions; TPPT Data e + e -  HZ at 0.5 TeV Distance of Closest Hit TPPT layout chosen to closely resemble ILC VTX.

Thin Pixel Pilot Telescope Alignment performed using ATLAS optical survey machine and track alignment; Extrapolation Resolution on Layer 1:  =   m meets ILC requirements.  = 9.4  m ILC Target Resolution TPPT Data Track SampleResidual (  m) 2+3 Hits Tracks Hits Tracks 8.9 High Density 9.5 Low Density 9.2 Published on NIM A579 (2007) 675

T-966 Beam Test Experiment at Fermilab TPPT-2 telescope: 4 layers of 50  m thick MIMOSA-5 sensors, ILC-like geometry, extrapolation resolution on DUT ~ 2-3  m Study LDRD-1, LDRD-2 and LDRD-SOI sensors: single point resolution & sensor efficiency, response to inclined tracks, tracking capabilities in dense environment, vertex reconstruction accuracy with thin target, Validate simulation, test patrec and reco algorithms. Beam Test at FNAL MBTF 120 GeV p beam-line ( T-966 ) (UC Berkeley + LBNL + INFN, Padova + Purdue U. Collaboration)

Cu Target TPPT-2DUT 4-layered Telescope DUT T-966 Beam Test Experiment at Fermilab Experimental Setup 4 layers of 50  m thick MIMOSA-5 chips precisely mounted on PC boards with cut through below chip, DUT on XY stage, finger scintillator coincidence for trigger

T-966 Beam Test Experiment at Fermilab Preliminary  =5.7  m First run June-July 2007: collected good statistics in various configurations: TPPT only for alignment & tracking studies, w/ LDRD-2 as DUT, w/ target; Operated at 20 o C through forced cold air cooling, significant day/night temperature effects, need repeat track alignment daily, data analysis in progress, first preliminary results on TPPT performance:

Thin Pixel Pilot Telescope: DAQ Development of new DAQ system based on commercial Xilinx Virtex-5 development board with Ethernet and USB-2 ports, 64 MB SRAM + custom ADC card with 5 14-bit ADCs 100 MS/s (developed by INFN Padova); ADC board under test, obtained < 100  V noise over twisted pairs; USB driver developed for data bandwidth 50 Mb/s; Firmware under development in collaboration with STAR; Linux/ROOT based online sw.

WP-6 Tracking and Vertexing for the ILC: Simulation, Reconstruction and Validation

From Sensor Simulation to Physics Analysis Implemented sensor simulation ( PixelSim ) &cluster analysis ( PixelAna ) in Marlin and interface to LCIO for beam test data ( PixelReader ) Developing full suite of simulation and recontruction from pixel response to analysis of ILC events at highest energy; Marlin Processors to analyze beam test data and validate simulation response, estimate effect of changes in sensors response and detector geometry and obtain realistic digitized simulation of full physics events and overlayed backgrounds; Jet Flavour Tagging and Physics Analysis of Dark Matter-motivated SUSY scenarios with fully simulated and digitized VTX currently in progress: physics benchmarking to provide guidance to sensor R&D. CDF Vertex Fit and b-tagging ported to Marlin framework, being tested;

Simulation Validation Cluster Pulse Height TPPT GeV e - beam Cluster Size TPPT GeV e - beam Fraction of Charge vs. Nb. of Pixels 1.5 GeV e - beam Change Cluster Size vs. Incidence Angle 1.5 GeV e - beam Published in NIM A572 (2007) 274

Pair Background Studies at LOASIS Beam tests using GeV e - beams at LOASIS and ALS to validate simulation. GuineaPig+Mokka Simulation of 1 BX ILC 0.5 TeV in LDC LDRD-2 response to ALS beam halo Developing design of dedicated user test facility at exit of LOASIS magnetic Spectrometer: dedicated beamline w/ defocusing quad + beam monitor and detector cold box. Generate library of background pair hits to overlay to hits from physics event and perform detailed simulation of occupancy, rejection and effect on event reconstruction.

Project Funding Sources and Spin-offs Project Funding LBNL LDRD Grant: Advanced Pixel Detectors for the ILC (FY05-07) DOE LCRD Grant: Design of a Monolithic Pixel Detector Ladder (FY06-07) PD Core Budget allocated to ILC Project (Sw, Mechanics, CMOS from FY08) LBNL Strategic Grant: Detector Test Infrastructures at LOASIS and ALS (FY08) External Collaborative Funding Collaborative effort on SOI and DAQ with INFN Padova, open to other groups Spin-off Projects LBNL LDRD Grant: Advanced Detectors for Beam Monitoring and Imaging at Short Pulse X-Ray and FEL Facilities. (FY08-FY10) Comparative Study of Performance of LDRD-series CMOS chips and Conventional Film for Electron Microscopy at NCEM (w/ EG, NCEM)