CTAUCM-ELECTRONICS. Members and EPOs with active participationUCM-ELECTRONICS. Members and EPOs with active participation

Dr. J.J. Jimenez, “Profesor Titular de Universidad”.Headmaster of the Electronics department.Full time dedication to the project.

Dr. M.C. Perez. “Profesor Titular de Universidad”.Full time dedication to the project.

Dr. J.C. Jimenez, “Profesor Titular de Universidad”.Full time dedication to the project. Expertise in

Solid state devices Microelectronics Monte Carlo simulation

of different technologies involved in solid state photodetectors.

Mr. Teodoro Bernardino Santos. Manager of different projects related to satellite based timing and european navegation systems. Pursuing the PhD degree.Expertise in high frequency

electronics. Deep knowledge on state of the art hardware for

synchronization and timing.

Mr. Lamberto Fresnillo. Manager of Fidias. Pursuing the PhD degree. European auditor in quality control (EOQ).

Expertise in quality control and reliability analysis. Close contact with industries involved in key technologies

for CTA.

Dr. J.M. Miranda. “Profesor Titular de Universidad”.Full time dedication to the project.

P. Antoranz, “Ayudante de Universidad”. Physicist and Electronic Engineer. Full time dedication to the project.

Long standing experience working in hardware for Cherenkov telescopes.

MAGIC members since 2005

Expertise in high frequency electronics and electromagnetic compatibility.

Joining efforts

CTA

ELECTRONICSELECTRONICSGROUP at UCMGROUP at UCM

Mr. Ricardo Padrino will become Electronic Engineer soon. Presently preparing his degree project on signal conditioning and test of GAPD clusters.

Mr. Ignacio Vegas is Electronic Engineer. He is presently pursuing the PhD degree and about to defend his master thesis. He has worked in evaluation boards for MAGIC II telescope hardware testing. First author of a technical application note for the MAGIC collaboration.

The youngest collaborators.

Four of us are teachers in Electronic Engineering and Physics. We are in an excellent situation to

find and recruit young and highly motivated people with important skills for CTA.

CTAUCM-ELEC GROUP have well equipped laboratories UCM-ELEC GROUP have well equipped laboratories

FACILITIESFACILITIES 80 m2 clean room class 100,000 for high reliability litography and

prototype fabrication. GTEM cell for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Compliance tests. Standard and advanced facilities for SMD board prototyping. High precision soldering and rework stations.

INSTRUMENTATIONINSTRUMENTATION Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) with high precision calibration kit. Spectrum Analyzer for noise and nonlinear analysis. Dynamic Signal Analyzer Agilent 35670A for reliability tests. Specific instrumentation for phase noise and jitter measurements. Portable Electromagnetic field meters EMC test facilities for radiated and conducted interference monitoring. Commercial ns-range pulse generators for testing. Laser and pulsed LED sources for photodetector testings.

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CTA

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amplifiers (1997-2002)

Activities: Noise metrology for reliability and failure predictionActivities: Noise metrology for reliability and failure prediction

Failure diagnostics of solid statedevices based on noise measurements.

28 min

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C series

X series

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Noise of solid state photodetectors (1995-1999)

CTAActivities: Fabrication and test of high frequency low noise amplifiersActivities: Fabrication and test of high frequency low noise amplifiers

Quantum noise limit

2000-2004.Low noise measurements and design of criogenically cooled amplifier for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) facility. Measured and modeled noise vs frequency at temperatures of 300 K, 77 K, and 4.2 K.

To Port 2

To Port 1

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Ultra low noise Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) amplifier. Noise figure of 3 dB and G=20 dB

1.2 mm

Grounded-gate low power consumption amplifier (60 mW)

1998-2000. Monolithic Microwave integrated circuit amplifiers. GaAs foundry.

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CTAUCM-ELEC. Previous fund and corresponding resultsUCM-ELEC. Previous fund and corresponding results

1 peer reviewed paper (high frequency modelling of LEDs)

2 MAGIC internal notes

2 peer reviewed papers (testbenches and central pixel)

6 peer reviewed conference presentations.

4 Electronic engineering projects

2 Msc thesis

1 PhD thesis (to be read in September)

See presentation of MV Fonseca for further details:FPA2009-08938 ASTROFISICA DE ALTAS ENERGIAS CON MAGIC

Astrofísica de altas energías con MAGIC FPA2006-12383-C02-01 (2006-2009) EDP of 8 (1.5 from UCM-ELEC)MV Fonseca608 k€

Pulse amplifiers for MAGIC II camera and receiver boards.

Software tools.

Multichannel eval boards with ns pulse generators.

MAGIC shifts according to the MAGIC CB policies.

MAGIC I central pixel design and test (in collaboration with UCM-GAE, IFAE and other

researchers).

Test benches for single photoelectron counting, noise and pulse distortion measurements of

PMT, HPD and GAPD-based pixels (in collaboration with UCM-GAE, IFAE and other researchers).

CTAUCM-ELEC. Previous fund and corresponding results (only 2 EDP)UCM-ELEC. Previous fund and corresponding results (only 2 EDP)

Development of test bench for GAPD based on new pulsed LED head.

Barcelona, March 2009. Presentation of the amplifiers designed by UCM-ELEC in a

meeting with HESS researchers, including the main responsible of the WP ELEC

(Pascal Vincent)

May 2009, Cracow. Attendance to the CTA meeting, with two important decisions:

Manel Martinez and Werner Hofmann elected as spoke-persons.

CB board and CTA groups configured by consensus. All the PIs of the subprojects

presented in this application are members of it.

“Participación Española en la puesta en marcha del Estudio de Diseño del Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)”

Manel Martínez – IFAE

FPA2007-30012-E 10 k€FPA2007-31120-E 74 K€

CTATask Descripcion Year UCM-GAE UCM-ELEC CIEMAT UAB IFAE UB ICE-CSIC IAC1 Camera prototyping for large telescope

1a Photosensor testing and characterization 1 X X X1b Structure, mechanics and cooling 2.3 X1c Front-end 1.2.3 X X1d Readout and trigger 1.2.3 X X X X1e Slow control 2.3 X X1f Readout software 2.3 X

1g Power supplies, calibration and monitoring 1.2.3 X X2 R&D new photosensors

2a Solid state technologies 1.2.3 X X2b Integration 1.2 X X2c Cluster prototype 2.3 X X2d Modelling 1.2 X

3 GRID 1.2.3 X4 ATAC

4a Raman LIDAR 1.2 X X X4b CLF 1.2.3 X X4c Integration 2.3 X X X4d Telescope calibration 1.2 X X4e Modelling 1,2,3 X X X

5 Physics 1.2.3 X X X X X X X6 Monte Carlo 1.2.3 X X7 SITE 1.2.3 X X X X8 GPS and RF

8a GPS synchronization 1.2.3 X8b RF link 1.2.3 X

Objectives and requested Objectives and requested budgetbudget

Our objectives were chosen considering:

Needs of CTA collaboration CTA schedule Our previous work Our expertise Our links with industry

Costs associated at each subtaskSubtask 1 2 8 TotalPersonnel 60 75 135Instrum 64 49 34 147Components 50 20 15 85Travels 10 10 10 30Other 45.83 6.33 6.33 58.5Indirect costs 31.89 31.89 31.89 95.655Total 261.72 117.22 172.22 551.155

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CTAIdentifying CTA needs with UCM-ELEC objectives (I)Identifying CTA needs with UCM-ELEC objectives (I)

PMTs are likely to be the first option, but today there is only ONE company able to

provide suitable PMTs to CTA.

Solid state photodetectors (mainly GAPD) evolve very fast, and have been identified as a

backup option.

Task 2 is coming in the right moment, with the right objectives and with well

prepared and coordinated people.

Furthermore, There is a strong interest within the

particle physicist community in GAPDs and other solid state photodetectors.

There are many opportunities of quality research and technology transfer within this field

BrainstormingConceptual design

Convergence,Combine best ideasDecide between alternativesShare detailed design work

Detailed design ofoptimized baseline version

R&D on future upgrades

Backup option if needed

BrainstormingConceptual design

Convergence,Combine best ideasDecide between alternativesShare detailed design work

Detailed design ofoptimized baseline version

R&D on future upgrades

Backup option if needed

W. Hofmann

LATEST NEWS (Cracow meeting)

CTAIdentifying CTA needs with UCM-ELEC objectives (II)Identifying CTA needs with UCM-ELEC objectives (II)

We are about to obtain ENAC qualification for our lab. This

will enable us to offer certificates of CEM and reliability compliance.

M. Panter, Telescope work package

B. Yoffo, Quality and Assurance work package

LATEST NEWS (Cracow meeting)

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