The performance of AC-coupled Strip LGAD developed by IHEP

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2024-05, Vol.1062, p.169203, Article 169203
• Main Authors: Sun, Weiyi, Li, Mengzhao, Liang, Zhijun, Zhao, Mei, Zhang, Xiaoxu, Zhang, Tianyuan, Feng, Yuan, Li, Shuqi, Huang, Xinhui, Fan, Yunyun, Wu, Tianya, Yang, Xuan, Liu, Bo, Wang, Wei, Heng, Yuekun, Xu, Gaobo, da Costa, João Guimaraes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: AC-LGAD; Silicon detector; Spatial resolution; Timing resolution
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2024.169203

The AC-coupled Strip LGAD (Strip AC-LGAD) is a novel LGAD design that diminishes the density of readout electronics through the use of strip electrodes, enabling the simultaneous measurement of time and spatial information. The Institute of High Energy Physics has designed a long Strip AC-LGAD prototype with a strip electrode length of 5.7 mm and pitches of 150 μm, 200 μm, and 250 μm. Spatial and timing resolutions of the long Strip AC-LGAD are studied by pico-second laser test and beta source tests. The laser test demonstrates that spatial resolution improves as the pitch size decreases, with an optimal resolution achieved at 8.3μm. Furthermore, the Beta source test yields a timing resolution of 37.6 ps.