An electron-multiplying 'Micromegas' grid made in silicon wafer post-processing technology

M.A. Chefdeville; P. Colas; Y. Giomataris; H. van der Graaf; E.H.M. Heijne; Sipho van der Putten; Cora Salm; Jurriaan Schmitz; Sander M. Smits; J. Timmermans; J.L. Visschers

An electron-multiplying 'Micromegas' grid made in silicon wafer post-processing technology

M.A. Chefdeville, P. Colas, Y. Giomataris, H. van der Graaf, E.H.M. Heijne, Sipho van der Putten, Cora Salm, Jurriaan Schmitz, Sander M. Smits, J. Timmermans, J.L. Visschers

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A technology for manufacturing an aluminium grid onto a silicon wafer has been developed. The grid is fixed parallel and precisely to the wafer (anode) surface at a distance of 50 μm by means of insulating pillars. When some 400 V are applied between the grid and (anode) wafer, gas multiplication occurs: primary electrons from the drift space above the grid enter the holes and cause electron avalanches in the high-field region between the grid and the anode. Production and operational characteristics of the device are described. With this newly developed technology, CMOS (pixel) readout chips can be covered with a gas multiplication grid. Such a chip forms, together with the grid, an integrated device which can be applied as readout in a wide field of gaseous detectors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 8th Annual Workshop on Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics and Sensors 2005
Place of Publication	Veldhoven, The Netherlands
Publisher	STW
Pages	139-142
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	90-73461-50-2
Publication status	Published - Nov 2005
Event	8th Annual Workshop on Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics and Sensors, SAFE 2005 - Veldhoven, Netherlands Duration: 17 Nov 2005 → 18 Nov 2005 Conference number: 8

Workshop

Workshop	8th Annual Workshop on Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics and Sensors, SAFE 2005
Abbreviated title	SAFE
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Veldhoven
Period	17/11/05 → 18/11/05

Keywords

Microelectrode
Microsensors
Terms—Electron gas multiplication
Wafer post-processing
Integrated grid
MICROMEGAS
SU-8
Wafer-scale integration
SC-CICC: Characterization of IC Components

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An electron-multiplying ''Micromegas'' grid made in silicon wafer post-processing technology
Chefdeville, M. A., Colas, P., Giomataris, Y., van der Graaf, H., Heijne, E. H. M., van der Putten, S., Salm, C., Schmitz, J., Smits, S., Timmermans, J. & Visschers, J. L., 3 Dec 2005, In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A : Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment. 556, 2, p. 490-494 5 p.
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Chefdeville, M. A., Colas, P., Giomataris, Y., van der Graaf, H., Heijne, E. H. M., van der Putten, S., Salm, C., Schmitz, J., Smits, S. M., Timmermans, J., & Visschers, J. L. (2005). An electron-multiplying 'Micromegas' grid made in silicon wafer post-processing technology. In Proceedings 8th Annual Workshop on Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics and Sensors 2005 (pp. 139-142). STW.

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An electron-multiplying 'Micromegas' grid made in silicon wafer post-processing technology. / Chefdeville, M.A.; Colas, P.; Giomataris, Y. et al.
Proceedings 8th Annual Workshop on Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics and Sensors 2005. Veldhoven, The Netherlands: STW, 2005. p. 139-142.

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An electron-multiplying 'Micromegas' grid made in silicon wafer post-processing technology

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