Monolithic Multi-Junction Picosecond Avalanche Detector for future physics experiments and applications

Project Information

MONOLITH

Grant agreement ID: 884447

DOI

10.3030/884447

Project closed

EC signature date 14 April 2020

Start date 1 July 2020

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 500 000,00

EU contribution

€ 2 500 000,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
Switzerland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (12)

Measurements and analysis of different front-end configurations for monolithic SiGe BiCMOS pixel detectors for HEP applications

Author(s): F. Martinelli, C. Magliocca, R. Cardella, E. Charbon, G. Iacobucci, M. Nessi, L. Paolozzi, H. Rücker, P. Valerio
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, 2021, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/12/p12038

A Scalable Sub-Picosecond TDC Based on Analog Sampling of Dual-Phase Signals from a Free-Running Oscillator

Author(s): Roberto Cardella, Luca Iodice, Lorenzo Paolozzi, Thanushan Kugathasan, Antonio Picardi, Carlo Alberto Fenoglio, Pierpaolo Valerio, Fulvio Martinelli, Roberto Cardarelli, Giuseppe Iacobucci
Published in: Sensors, Issue 25, 2025, Page(s) 5577, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s25175577

Efficiency and time resolution of monolithic silicon pixel detectors in SiGe BiCMOS technology

Author(s): G. Iacobucci, L. Paolozzi, P. Valerio, T. Moretti, F. Cadoux, R. Cardarelli, R. Cardella, S. Débieux, Y. Favre, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, Y. Gurimskaya, R. Kotitsa, C. Magliocca, F. Martinelli, M. Milanesio, M. Münker, M. Nessi, A. Picardi, J. Saidi, H. Rücker, M. Vicente Barreto Pinto, S. Zambito
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, 2021, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/02/p02019

Time resolution of a SiGe BiCMOS monolithic silicon pixel detector without internal gain layer with a femtosecond laser

Author(s): M. Milanesio, L. Paolozzi, T. Moretti, A. Latshaw, L. Bonacina, R. Cardella, T. Kugathasan, A. Picardi, M. Elviretti, H. Rücker, R. Cardarelli, L. Cecconi, C.A. Fenoglio, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, L. Iodice, R. Kotitsa, C. Magliocca, M. Nessi, A. Pizarro-Medina, J. Sabater Iglesias, I. Semendyaev, J. Saidi, M. Vicente Barreto Pinto, S. Zambito, G. Iacobucci
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) P04029, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/p04029

Testbeam results of irradiated SiGe BiCMOS monolithic silicon pixel detector without internal gain layer

Author(s): T. Moretti, M. Milanesio, R. Cardella, T. Kugathasan, A. Picardi, I. Semendyaev, M. Elviretti, H. Rücker, K. Nakamura, Y. Takubo, M. Togawa, F. Cadoux, R. Cardarelli, L. Cecconi, S. Débieux, Y. Favre, C.A. Fenoglio, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, L. Iodice, R. Kotitsa, C. Magliocca, M. Nessi, A. Pizarro-Medina, J. Sabater Iglesias, J. Saidi, M. Vicente Barreto Pinto, S. Zambito, L. Paolozzi, G
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) P07036, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/07/p07036

Monolithic Picosecond Silicon Pixel Sensors for Future Physics: Experiments and Applications

Author(s): G. Iacobucci, L. Paolozzi, P. Valerio
Published in: IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, 2021, ISSN 1094-6969
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mim.2021.9620045

20 ps time resolution with a fully-efficient monolithic silicon pixel detector without internal gain layer

Author(s): S. Zambito, M. Milanesio, T. Moretti, L. Paolozzi, M. Munker, R. Cardella, T. Kugathasan, F. Martinelli, A. Picardi, M. Elviretti, H. Rücker, A. Trusch, F. Cadoux, R. Cardarelli, S. Débieux, Y. Favre, C.A. Fenoglio, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, L. Iodice, R. Kotitsa, C. Magliocca, M. Nessi, A. Pizarro-Medina, J. Sabater Iglesias, J. Saidi, M. Vicente Barreto Pinto and G. Iacobucci
Published in: journal of instrumentation, 2023, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/03/p03047

Radiation tolerance of SiGe BiCMOS monolithic silicon pixel detectors without internal gain layer

Author(s): M. Milanesio, L. Paolozzi, T. Moretti, R. Cardella, T. Kugathasan, F. Martinelli, A. Picardi, I. Semendyaev, S. Zambito, K. Nakamura, Y. Takubo, M. Togawa, M. Elviretti, H. Rücker, F. Cadoux, R. Cardarelli, S. Débieux, Y. Favre, C.A. Fenoglio, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, L. Iodice, R. Kotitsa, C. Magliocca, M. Nessi, A. Pizarro-Medina, J. Sabater Iglesias, J. Saidi, M. Vicente Barreto Pinto
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) P01014, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/01/p01014

Testbeam characterization of a SiGe BiCMOS monolithic silicon pixel detector with internal gain layer

Author(s): L. Paolozzi, M. Milanesio, T. Moretti, R. Cardella, T. Kugathasan, A. Picardi, M. Elviretti, H. Rücker, F. Cadoux, R. Cardarelli, L. Cecconi, S. Débieux, Y. Favre, C.A. Fenoglio, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, L. Iodice, R. Kotitsa, C. Magliocca, M. Nessi, A. Pizarro-Medina, J. Saidi, M. Vicente Barreto Pinto, S. Zambito, G. Iacobucci
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) P04001, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/20/04/p04001

Picosecond Avalanche Detector — working principle and gain measurement with a proof-of-concept prototype

Author(s): L. Paolozzi, M. Munker, R. Cardella, M. Milanesio, Y. Gurimskaya, F. Martinelli, A. Picardi,, H. Rücker, A. Trusch, P. Valerio, F. Cadoux, R. Cardarelli, S. Débieux, Y. Favre, C.A. Fenoglio, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, R. Kotitsa,, C. Magliocca, T. Moretti, M. Nessi,, A. Pizarro Medina, J. Sabater Iglesias, J. Saidi, M. Vicente Barreto Pinto, S. Zambito and G. Iacobucci
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, 2022, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/10/p10032

A massively scalable Time-to-Digital Converter with a PLL-free calibration system in a commercial 130 nm process

Author(s): F. Martinelli, P. Valerio, R. Cardarelli, E. Charbon, G. Iacobucci, M. Nessi, L. Paolozzi
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, 2021, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/p11023

Testbeam results of the Picosecond Avalanche Detector proof-of-concept prototype

Author(s): G. Iacobucci, S. Zambito, M. Milanesio, T. Moretti, J. Saidi, L. Paolozzi, M. Munker, R. Cardella, F. Martinelli, A. Picardi,, H. Rücker, A. Trusch, P. Valerio, F. Cadoux, R. Cardarelli, S. Débieux, Y. Favre, C.A. Fenoglio, D. Ferrere, S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, Y. Gurimskaya, R. Kotitsa,, C. Magliocca, M. Nessi, A. Pizarro-Medina, J. Sabater Iglesias and M. Vicente Barreto Pinto
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, 2022, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/10/p10040

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Fast timing SiGe BiCMOS monolithic silicon pixel ASIC for HEP and medical imaging

Author(s): Antonio Picardi
Published in: 2024
Publisher: University of Geneva
DOI: 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:181890

Picosecond Time Stamping in Fully-Monolithic Highly-Granular Silicon Pixel Detectors

Author(s): Matteo Milanesio
Published in: 2025
Publisher: University of Geneva
DOI: 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:186302

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (2)

MULTI-JUNCTION PICO-AVALANCHE DETECTOR

Application/Publication number: 19 802143
Date: 2019-11-08
Applicant(s): UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE

MULTI-JUNCTION PICO-AVALANCHE DETECTOR

Application/Publication number: 19 802143
Date: 2019-11-08
Applicant(s): UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE