Projects

The ESE group is involved in several electronics projects for specific CERN experiments, common projects across experiments and generic R&D activities.

BLM

BLM The Beam Losses Monitor (BLM) system measures the radiation levels around the LHC in order to protect its components and prevent the quenching…
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ClicTD

ClicTD A monolithic HR-CMOS sensor chip for the CLIC silicon tracker The CLIC Tracker Detector (CLICTD) is a monolithic pixelated sensor chip produced in…
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CWDM Optical Links for Beam Instrumentation

CWDM Optical Links for Beam Instrumentation Various Beam Instrumentation (BI) equipment requires the use of high-speed serial optical data transmission in locations subjected to…
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ELMB2

ELMB2 The ELMB2 ESE has designed, tested and produced the Embedded Local Monitor Board 2 (ELMB2). This is a general purpose plug-on I/O module…
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FastIC

FastIC FastIC is a multi-channel discriminator readout ASIC in 65nm CMOS technology, designed to read out fast timing detectors like Silicon Photomultipliers, Micro Channel…
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GBT and Versatile Link

GBT and Versatile Link EP-ESE has developed a radiation-tolerant bi-directional optical link for use in the LHC programmes for the transport of data, timing…
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High Precision Timing

High Precision Timing The High Precision Timing Distribution (HPTD) project is dedicated to increasing the stability and precision of of timing distribution networks in…
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lpGBT and Versatile Link+

lpGBT and Versatile Link+ EP-ESE is designing the next generation of electronic and opto-electronic components to provide a low-power 10 Gbps radiation-tolerant link for…
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Medipix

Medipix Medipix aims at the development of X-ray pixel imaging chips and systems. Contact: Michael Campbell
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Monolithic pixels

Monolithic pixels Under the banner of the current CERN EP R&D programme on technologies for future experiments, ESE is participating in the research and…
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picoPix

picoPix ESE and collaborators are designing a large-scale pixel readout chip called LA-PicoPix. The project is described here.
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PicoTDC

PicoTDC More information is available at the PicoTDC website here. Related people
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R&D on future high speed links

R&D on future high speed links Radiation-hard high-speed data links play an ever-increasing role in modern HEP experiments. The state-of-the-art is the lpGBT and…
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R&D on future IC technologies

R&D on future IC technologies Under the banner of the current CERN EP R&D programme on technologies for future experiments, ESE is leading research…
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Radiation and magnetic tolerant DC-DC converters

Radiation and magnetic tolerant DC-DC converters The aim of this activity is to deliver DC-DC converters able to work in the hostile environment of…
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SoC

SoC The System-on-Chip (SoC) interest group aims at bringing together people from different projects in the experimental and beam groups, in order to exchange…
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TTC-PON

TTC-PON The TTC-PON is a proposed upgrade of the TTC system allowing bidirectional and faster transmission (10/2.5 Gbps) of timing, control and monitoring signals…
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xTCA and IPMC

xTCA and IPMC In view of the replacement of VMEbus, the EP-ESE group is studying xTCA based systems and setting up a procurement and…
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ALICE Projects

ALICE electronics coordination

ALICE electronics coordination EP-ESE is responsible for the electronics coordination in the ALICE experiment at CERN. More information on ALICE can be found here.…
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ALICE ITS

ALICE ITS The EP-ESE group contributes to several areas of the Upgrade of the ALICE Inner Tracking System, in close partnership with other teams…
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ATLAS Projects

ATLAS ABCStar

ATLAS ABCStar The ABCStar (ATLAS Binary Chip Star) is part of the ATLAS’ Inner Tracker (ITk) upgrade. The ITk chipset is comprised of the…
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ATLAS ALTI

ATLAS ALTI The ATLAS Local Trigger Interface (ALTI) is a replacement of the Timing, Trigger-, and Control (TTC) modules for Phase-1 of the experiment.…
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ATLAS ITKpix

ATLAS ITKpix ESE is supporting the electronics infrastructure of the ATLAS Inner Tracker Pixel System. We are concentrating on dense, high-speed, electrical signalling connecting…
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ATLAS MUCTPI Upgrade

ATLAS MUCTPI Upgrade EP-ESE is currently building a replacement of the ATLAS Muon-to-CTP-Interface (MUCTPI) for the Phase-2 upgrade of the experiment. The existing MUCTPI…
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ATLAS Readout System

ATLAS Readout System ATLAS read-out low level S/W development EP-ESE takes care of the Linux device drivers and related low-level libraries used by the…
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CMS Projects

CMS BRIL

CMS BRIL EP-ESE participates in the design and construction of the readout electronics of the CMS Beam Radiation, Instrumentation and Luminosity (BRIL) detectors. Some…
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CMS electronics coordination

CMS electronics coordination EP-ESE is responsible for the electronics coordination in the CMS experiment at CERN. More information on CMS can be found here.…
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CMS HGCAL

CMS HGCAL The CMS High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL). A major upgrade in the CMS detector is to replace the current end cap calorimeters (ECAL…
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CMS Tracker

CMS Tracker CMS tracker Under construction Related people
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LHCb Projects

LHCb electronics coordination

LHCb electronics coordination EP-ESE is responsible for the electronics coordination in the LHCb experiment at CERN. More information on LHCb can be found here.…
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LHCb FastRICH

LHCb FastRICH The FastRICH is a readout chip that is being designed by EP-ESE and collaborators in the framework of the upgrade of the…
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LHCb infrastructure

LHCb infrastructure EP-ESE supports the low-voltage-power-supply infrastructure of the LHCb experiment. This includes maintenance of the systems installed in the LHCb cavern and the…
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LHCb VELO

LHCb VELO EP-ESE plays an active role in the Vertex Locator (VeLo) of the LHCb experiment at CERN. ESE designed the VeloPIX ASIC together…
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NA62 Projects

NA62 GTK

NA62 GTK EP-ESE has the responsibility for constructing, testing, installing and maintaining the modules of the NA62 GigaTracker. These modules are constructed using a…
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NA62 LKr

NA62 LKr EP-ESE designed and produced the Calorimeter Readout Module (CREAM) of the NA62 Liquid Krypton Calorimeter, in collaboration with partner institutes and industry.…
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NA62 Straws

NA62 Straws ESE plays a major role in the NA62 straw detector, covering the following responsibilities: More information on the NA62 straw tracker is…
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