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A Novel Method of Encoded Multiplexing Readout for Micro-pattern Gas Detectors

Bin-Xiang Qi·Shu-Bin Liu·Heng Ji·Zhong-Tao Shen·Si-Yuan Ma·Hong-Bang Liu·Wen-Qian Huang·Qi An
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The requirement of a large number of electronic channels poses a big challenge for Micro-pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) to achieve good spatial resolution. By using the redundancy that at least two neighboring strips record the signal of a particle, a novel method of encoded multiplexing readout for MPGDs is presented in this paper. The method offers a feasible and easily-extensible way of encoding and decoding, and can significantly reduce the number of readout channels. A verification test was carried out on a 5*5 cm2 Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) detector using a 8 keV Cu X-ray source with 100um slit, where 166 strips are read out by 21 encoded readout channels. The test results show a good linearity in its position response, and the spatial resolution root-mean-square (RMS) of the test system is about 260 μm. This method has an attractive potential to build large area detectors and can be easily adapted to other detectors like MPGDs.

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Bin-Xiang Qi, Shu-Bin Liu, Heng Ji, Zhong-Tao Shen, Si-Yuan Ma, Hong-Bang Liu, Wen-Qian Huang, Qi An. 2015-09-07. A Novel Method of Encoded Multiplexing Readout for Micro-pattern Gas Detectors. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137%2F40%2F5%2F056102

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