The ePixUHR35kHz Megapixel Cameras project aims to provide modular detector blocks that can be configured into larger cameras in various structural configurations. The smallest building block is a 3x2 detector sensor module which has a total of 3*2*192*168=193536≈200k pixels. Six of these (6*193536=1161216≈1M pixels) modules are assembled together into a 1 megapixel (1M) camera as shown below to the left. Four of the 1M cameras can then be assembled together around a central beam pipe aperture to form a 4M camera shown in the middle below. The largest configuration foreseen for this project is the 16M camera that consists of 16 of the 1M camera blocks as shown below on the right.
1 megapixels (1M)
6x 3x2 sensor modules:
16 megapixels (16M)
16x 1M camera assemblies:
The electronics for the 3x2 sensor module is split into two parts; the ASIC carrier (left in the block diagram below) and the readout board (right in the block diagram). They are electrically connected together through a right-angle connector from the Samtec SEARAY connector family, which provides a total of 500 pins for signals and power. The ASIC carrier contains the 3x2 ASICs together with the 3x2 sensor and minimal amount of other components in order to reduce the size and therefore increase the sensitive area of the detector focal plane (the are which is covered by a sensitive sensor). All the active circuitry for interfacing and powering the ASICs is located on the readout board as well as the components for optical communication with the external back-end system.
Multi-board assembly | Readout Board | ASIC Carrier Board | |
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Name | ePixUHR35kfps-3x2-concept | ePixUHR35kfps-3x2-readout-board-concept | ePixUHR35kfps-3x2-ASIC-carrier-board-concept |
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Altium 365 project | https://stanford-linear-accelerator-center.365.altium.com/designs/1C32F53F-0F7D-4FA6-A6A2-A68D0AD370D8 | ||
Dimensions (X x Y) | TBD | 59mm x 160mm | 60.61mm x 42mm |
STEP 3D model | ePixUHR35kfps-3x2-concept.step | ePixUHR35kfps-3x2-readout-board-concept-PCB.step | ePixUHR35kfps-3x2-ASIC-carrier-board-concept-PCB.step |
SAMTEC SEAF8/SEAM8 series connector will be used with 10x40=400 pins in one connector.
Needs to be updated with the 40 column version
Note: Due to the use of a right-angle connector there will be different path lengths for signals in different rows. See hsc-report-sma_seam8-s02_seaf8-ra_web.pdf from Samtec. Page 63 to 65 show the propagation delay of the first row A (100 ps) to the last row K (180 ps).
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Part number | SEAF8-50-1-S-10-2-RA | SEAM8-50-S02.0-S-10-3 |
Product page | https://www.samtec.com/products/seaf8-50-1-s-10-2-ra | https://www.samtec.com/products/seam8-50-s02.0-s-10-3 |
Catalog | [online version] - [local pdf] | [online version] - [local pdf] |
Drawing | [online version] - [local pdf] | [online version] - [local pdf] |
Footprint | [online version] - [local pdf] | [online version] - [local pdf] |
STEP 3D model | SEAF8-50-1-S-10-2-RA.stp | SEAM8-50-S02.0-S-10-3.stp |
The ePixUHR 100 kHz ASIC is used in this project. The main properties are:
Resources:
These measurements are taken from a GDS file (ePixUHR_100kHz_4Julie.gds) that was opened in KLayout.
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A footprint has been created in Altium Designer for the ASIC. The sizes and measurements listed above have been used and rounded to the nearest µm.
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Due to asymmetry in the ASICs, the edges of the top row do not align exactly with the edges of the bottom row. The top row is shifted horizontally by 1.35 µm relative to the bottom row. The ASICs are spaced 19485 µm apart horizontally.
Full sensor | Lower left corner | Between two ASICs at the bottom | Lower right corner | Between ASICs in the middle | Top left corner | Top right corner | |
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pixel / array size
arrangement 3x2, 2x2, 1x1
Link to mechanical models
The block diagrams have been created with Draw.io instead of the Gliffy integration in Confluence, which has major issue as soon as there are more than 100 items in the diagram it seems. It slows down the whole confluence page and it's near impossible to edit the diagram. There are also major limitations in the tools available in Gliffy, e.g. there doesn't seem to be a way to draw an arbitrary polygon or parallelograms.
Notes from beam line and design teams meetings