Introduction
The Groupe Technologique is an electronics workshop that supports scientific research at U. de Montréal, in Canada and the world. It has lots of experience designing custom electronic modules, data-acquisition systems and mechanical aspects of an experiment. It has a strong expertise in firmware and software coding.
People
- Jean-Pierre Martin (head of GT, PhD Physics):
- Nikolai Starinsky (PhD Engineering-Physics):
- Chen Wen Chao (PhD Physics):
- Cyril Drancourt (MSc Engineering):
- Hongfei Cao (MSc Engineering):
Equipments
The GT is equipped with various workstations with the software needed for the design of electronic modules associated with detector readout. The GT possesses specialized equipment to instrument and test detectors, such as semi-clean assembly areas, trigger systems (cosmics, lasers), power supplies, source/detector positioning devices using X-Y tables, and dedicated readout and diagnostic instrumentation. The GT also uses instruments and tools for the construction and debugging of prototypes of fine pitch and high component density that use surface mount technology.
Examples of Past Projects
- Safety interlock system of the ATLAS ITk tracker: The GT is responsible for the overall design and the construction of several modules of the interlock system of theATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) upgrade
- Beam monitoring for the BELLE-II experiment: The GT co-designed and installed LYSO scintillator detectors to monitor the SuperKEKB beams after injection in the main ring. The GT was responsible to build and design a custom electronics module to read out these detectors, including the high-voltage power supplies and an FPGA-based data acquisition system.
- DUNE Experiment: The GT is involved
