To be ready for the challenging conditions of the High Luminosity phase of the LHC accelerator at CERN, the ATLAS Inner Detector will be completely replaced with a new all-silicon Inner Tracker, the ITk. Sensors in the innermost layer will be exposed to a fluence up to 1.9$\cdot$10$^{16}$~n$_{eq}$/cm$^2$ (considering a safety factor of 1.5) at the half of the HL-LHC program, after which it is scheduled to be replaced together will the full innermost system. Pixel sensors with 3D technology have been chosen to instrument it due to their radiation hardness. Sensors with 25x100~$\mu$m$^2$ pixel pitch will be used in the central region of the innermost layer (barrel) while sensors with a pitch of 50x50~$\mu$m$^2$ will instrument its two side regions (end-caps). The Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) has been chosen as one of the two vendors for the production of these sensors. This paper will present the performance of 3D pre-production sensors with both pixel pitches produced by FBK measured in test beams with devices irradiated up to and beyond the sensor end-of-life fluence.
This contribution presents test beam results of SINTEF 3D pixel sensors designed for the Inner Tracker (ITk) of the ATLAS detector at the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). The sensors are required to withstand extreme radiation doses and to maintain efficiency above 96-97% after a lifetime operation at the ITk. We present details on the production and design of these sensors, the setup for the experiment at CERN, and the analysis of the test beam data. Results are promising, showing excellent position resolution and high efficiency after irradiation. The sensors meet the operational efficiency targets for both perpendicular and tilted configurations, validating their design and performance for future HL-LHC operations.
The ITk detector, the new ATLAS silicon tracking system for the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), will be equipped with 3D pixel sensor modules in the innermost layer (L0).The pixel cell dimensions will be 25×100 µm 2 in the barrel and 50×50 µm 2 in the end-caps, with one readout electrode at the centre of each pixel and four bias electrodes at the corners.Sensors from pre-production wafers (50×50 µm 2 ) produced by FBK have been bump-bonded to ITkPixV1.1 chips at IZM. Bare modules have been assembled in Genoa on Single Chip Cards (SCCs) and characterized in laboratory measurements and in test beam campaigns.Some of these modules have been irradiated in Bonn and at the CERN IRRAD facility.Preliminary results of their characterization after irradiation are shown, including measurements performed during test beam campaigns at CERN SPS in Summer 2022.