Publications

2008

R. Cirio, M. Donetti, A. La Rosa, F. Marchetto and G. Mazza

A Large Dynamic Range Charge Measurement ASIC Family for Beam Monitoring in Radiotherapy Applications
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008 IEEE, 19-25 Oct. 2008 Page(s):1077 – 1080

A. Rivetti, M. Chiosso, O. Cobanoglu, G. Mazza and D. Panzieri

A Fast Binary Front-End ASIC for the RICH Detector of the COMPASS Experiment at CERN

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008 IEEE, 19-25 Oct. 2008 Page(s):1495 - 1500

D. Calvo, T. Kugathasan, G. Mazza, M. Mignone, A. Rivetti, T. Stockmanns and R. Wheadon

A Silicon Pixel Readout ASIC in CMOS 0.13 µm for the PANDA MicroVertex Detector
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008 IEEE, 19-25 Oct. 2008 Page(s): 2934 – 2939

S. Martoiu, G. Mazza, F. Osmic, A. Rivetti and F. Marchetto

A Low Power Front-End Prototype for Silicon Pixel Detectors with 100ps Time Resolution

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008 IEEE, 19-25 Oct. 2008 Page(s): 2958 - 2961

G.Mazza, P. De Remigis, K.Kloukinas

AMBRA: A Multi-Event Buffering and Readout ASIC for the Silicon Drift Detectors of the ALICE Experiment

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on Volume 55, Issue 4, Aug. 2008 Page(s):2414 - 2419

A. La Rosa, F. Marchetto, J. Pardo, M. Donetti, A. Attili, F. Bourhaleb, R. Cirio, M.A. Garella, S. Giordanengo, N. Givehchi, S. Iliescu, G. Mazza, A. Pecka, C. Peroni, G. Pittà

Ionizing radiation effects on a 64-channel charge measurement ASIC designed in CMOS 0.35 μm technology

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Vol. 593, Issue 3, 11 August 2008, Pages 619-623

A. La Rosa, M. Donetti, M. Borri, F. Rivero, A. Attili, F. Bourhaleb, R. Cirio, M.A. Garella, S. Giordanengo, N. Givehchi, G. Mazza, F. Marchetto, J. Pardo, A. Pecka and C. Peroni

Characterization of a front-end electronics for the monitoring and control of hadrontherapy beams

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Vol. 586, Issues 2, 21 Feb 2008, Pages 270-275

2007

A. La Rosa, G. Mazza, M. Donetti, F. Marchetto, L. Luetto, A. Attili, F. Bourhaleb, R. Cirio, M.A. Garella, S. Giordanengo, N. Givehchi, S. Iliescu, J. Pardo, A. Pecka, C. Peroni and G. Pittà

Design and test of a 64-channel charge measurement ASIC developed in CMOS 0.35 μm technology

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Vol. 583, Issues 2-3, 21 Dec 2007, Pages 461-468

S. Beolè, B. Alessandro, S. Antinori, S. Coli, F. Costa, E. Crescio, D. Falchieri, R. Arteche Diaz, S. Di Liberto, G. Giraudo, P. Giubellino, G. Masetti, G. Mazza, F. Meddi, F. Prino, A. Rashevsky, L. Riccati, A. Rivetti, S. Senyukov, L. Simonetti, et al.

The ALICE silicon drift detectors: Production and assembly

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Vol. 582, Issue 3,1 Dec 2007, Pages 733-738

A. Rashevsky, G. Batigne, S. Beole, S. Coli, E. Crescio, P. Deremigis, G. Giraudo, G. Mazza, F. Prino, L. Riccati, A. Rivetti, L. Toscano, F. Tosello, A. Vacchi, R. Wheadon and G. Zampa

Charge injectors of ALICE Silicon Drift Detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Vol. 572, Issue 1,1 Mar 2007, Pages 125-127

A. La Rosa, M.A. Garella, A. Attili, F. Bourhaleb, R. Cirio, M. Donetti, S. Giordanengo, N. Givehchi,

F. Marchetto, G. Mazza, S. Meyroneinc, A. Pecka, C. Peroni and G. Pitta`

Development of a pixel ionization chamber for beam monitor in proton therapy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Volume 572, Issue 1, 1 Mar 2007, Pages 257-258

M. Fiorini, G. Anelli, S. Bifani, M. Boscardin, A. Cattai, A. Ceccucci, S. Chiozzi, A. Cotta Ramusino,

P. Dalpiaz, C. Damiani, J. Derre, N. Doble, F. Formenti, L. Gatignon, A. Gianoli, P. Jarron, A. Kluge,

R. Malaguti, F. Marchetto, M. Martini, S. Martoiu, G. Mazza, L. Milano, F. Petrucci, B. Peyaud, Piemonte,

A. Pozza, P. Riedler, A. Rivetti, G. Ruggiero, M. Scarpa, G. Stefanini, S. Tiuraniemi, H. Wahl and N. Zorzi

The P326 (NA48/3) Gigatracker: Requirements and design concept

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Vol. 572, Issue 1, 1 Mar 2007, Pages 290-291

S. Beole`, S. Antinori, S. Coli, E. Crescio, D. Falchieri, R. Arteche Diaz, S. Di Liberto, A. Gabrielli, G. Giraudo, P. Giubellino, S. Martoiu, G. Masetti, G. Mazza, M.A. Mazzoni, F. Meddi, A. Rashevsky, L. Riccati, A. Rivetti, L. Simonetti, L. Toscano, F. Tosello, G.M. Urciuoli, A. Vacchi and R. Wheadon

Production and assembly of the ALICE silicon drift detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Vol. 570, Issue 2, 11 Jan 2007, Pages 236-240

2006

S. Kushpil, E. Crescio, P. Giubellino, M. Idzik, A. Kolozhvari, V. Kushpil, M.I. Martinez, G. Mazza,

A. Mazzoni, F. Meddi, D. Nouais, V. Petracek, C. Piemonte, A. Rashevsky, L. Riccati, A. Rivetti, F. Tosello,

A. Vacchi and R. Wheadon

Beam test results of the irradiated silicon drift detector for ALICE

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A Vol. 566, Issue 1,1 Oct 2006, Pages 94-99

2005

Mazza, G.; Cirio, R.; Donetti,M.; La Rosa, A.; Luparia, A.; Marchetto, F.; Peroni, C.;
A 64-Channel Wide Dynamic Range Charge Measurement ASIC for Strip and Pixel Ionization Detectors
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 52, Issue 4, Aug. 2005 Page(s):847 – 853

A. Rivetti, M. Idzik, M.I. Martinez, G. Mazza, D. Nouais, L. Riccati, L. Toscano, R. Wheadon and A. Rashevsky
The front-end system of the silicon drift detectors of ALICE
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 541 (2005), pagg. 267-273

E. Crescio, M. Bondila, P. Cerello, P. Giubellino, A. Kolozhvari, S. Kouchpil, G. Mazza, L.M. Montaño, D. Nouais, S. Piano, C. Piemonte, A. Rashevsky, L. Riccati, A. Rivetti, F. Tosello, A. Vacchi and R. Wheadon
Results from beam tests of large area silicon drift detectors
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 539 (2005), pagg. 250-261

Technical Progress Report for PANDA
FAIR-ESAC/Pbar 17 January 2005– Final Draft

2004

Mazza, G.; Cirio, R.; Donetti, M.; La Rosa, A.; Luparia, A.; Marchetto, F.; Peroni, C.;
A 64-channel wide dynamic range charge measurement ASIC for strip and pixel ionization detectors
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE Volume 2, 16-22 Oct. 2004 Page(s):964-968

Mazza, G.; Rivetti, A.; Anelli, G.; Anghinolfi, F.; Martinez, M.I.; Rotondo, F.;
A 32-channel, 0.25 µm CMOS ASIC for the readout of the silicon drift detectors of the ALICE experiment
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on Volume 51, Issue 5, Part 1, Oct. 2004 Page(s):1942-1947

2003

Mazza,G.; Rivetti, A.; Anelli, G.; Anghinolfi, F.; Martinez, M.I.; Rotondo,F.;
A 32-channels, 0.25 µm CMOS ASIC for the readout of the Silicon Drift Detectors of the ALICE experiment
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE Volume 1, 19-25 Oct. 2003 Page(s):391 - 395 Vol.1

D. Nouais, S. Beolè, M. Bondila, V. Bonvicini, P. Cerello, E. Crescio, P. Giubellino, M. Idzik, A. Kolozhvari, S. Kouchpil, E. Lopez Torres, M. I. Martinez, G. Mazza, S. Piano, C. Piemonte, A. Rashevsky, L. Riccati, A. Rivetti, F. Tosello, W. H. Trzaska, A. Vacchi and R. Wheadon
The ALICE Silicon Drift Detector system,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 501 (2003), pagg. 119-125

2002

A.Rivetti, G. Anelli, M.I.Matrinez, G.Mazza, F.Rotondo, F.Tosello, R.Wheadon
Test results of the front-end system prototype for the silicon drift detectors of ALICE,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 485 (2002), pagg. 188-192

R. Cirio, F. Bourhaleb, P. G. Degiorgis, M. Donetti, F. Marchetto, M. Marletti, G. Mazza, C. Peroni, E. Rizzi and C. SanzFreire
Radiation Damage studies of a recycling integrator VLSI chip for dosimetry and control of therapeutical beams,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 482 (2002), pagg. 752-760

E.Crescio, G.Mazza et al.,
Recent results from beam tests of large area silicon drift detectors,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 478 (2002), pagg. 321-324

D.Nouais, G.Mazza et al.,
Beam test results of a drift velocity monitoring system for silicon drift detector
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 477 (2002) pagg. 99-103

ALICE Time of Flight System Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 2002-016, 24 April 2002

2001

A.Werbrouck, G.Mazza et al.,
Image compression for the silicon drift detectors in the ALICE experiment.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 471 (2001) pagg. 281-284

Rivetti, A.; Anelli, G.; Anghinolfi, F.; Mazza, G.; Rotondo, F.;
A low-power 10-bit ADC in a 0.25-μm CMOS: design considerations and test results
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Volume 48, Issue 4, Part 1, Aug. 2001 Page(s):1225 - 1228

A.Rivetti, G.Mazza, M.Idzik, F.Rotondo,
New building blocks for the ALICE SDD readout and detector control system in a commercial 0.25 µm CMOS technology,
Proceedings of the seventh Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments,Stockholm, Sweden, 10-14 Sep 2001, pagg. 445-448

F.Faccio, G.Mazza et al.
IBM CMOS 6SF for the Challenging Requirements of the High Energy Physics Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider
IBM Microelectronics MicroNews, 2Q/2001, pagg. 20-23

ALICE Transition Radiation Detector Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 2001-021 3 October 2001

G.Mazza for the ALICE collaboration,
Test results of the front-end system for the silicon drift detectors in ALICE,
Proceedings of the seventh Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, CERN 2001-005 CERN/LHCC/2001-034, pagg. 81-84

2000

D.Nouais, G.Mazza et al.,
Drift velocity monitoring of SDDs using MOS charge injectors,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 450 (2000) pagg. 338-342

ALICE Time Projection Chamber Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 2000-001 7 January 2000

G.Mazza for the ALICE collaboration,
Test results of the ALICE SDD electronic readout prototypes,
proceedings of the sixth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Krakow, Poland, CERN 2000-010 CERN/LHCC/2000-041, pagg 147-151

A.Rivetti, G.Anelli, F.Anghinolfi, G.Mazza, P.Jarron,
A Mixed Signal ASIC for the Silicon Drift Detectors of the ALICE Experiment,
Proceedings of the sixth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Krakow, Poland, 11-15 Sep 2000, pagg. 142-146

3^rd RD49 Status Report – Study of the Radiation Tolerance of ICs for LHC
LEB Status Report/RD49 CERN/LHCC 2000-003 13 January 2000

1999

D.Cavagnino,G.Mazza et al.,
Zero suppression and data compression for SDD output in the ALICE Experiment
ALICE Internal Notes/SDD ALICE-INT-1999-28

G.Mazza for the ALICE collaboration,
Recent Developments on the Silicon Drift Detector Readout Scheme for the ALICE Inner Tracking System,
Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Snowmass, USA, CERN 99-09 CERN/LHCC/99-33, pagg. 138-142

G.Mazza for the ALICE collaboration,
The Silicon Drift Detector readout scheme for the Inner Tracking System of the ALICE Experiment
Nuclear Physics A661 (1999) 694c-697c7

ALICE Photon Multiplicity Detector Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 99-32, 30 September 1999

ALICE Dimuon Forward Spectrometer Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 99-22, 13 August 1999

ALICE Inner Tracking System Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 99-12, 18 June 1999

ALICE Zero Degree Calorimeter Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 99-5, 5 March 1999

ALICE Photon Spectrometer Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 99-4, 5 March 1999

2^nd RD49 Status Report – Study of the Radiation Tolerance of ICs for LHC
LEB Status Report/RD49 CERN/LHCC 99-8 8 March 1999

1998

G.C.Bonazzola, G.Mazza,et al.,
Performances of a VLSI wide dynamic range current-to-frequency converter for strip ionization chambers,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 405 (1998), pagg. 111-120

G.C. Bonazzola, G. Mazza ,
A VLSI circuit for charge measurement of a strip ionization chamber,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 409 (1998) pagg. 336-338

G.Mazza for the ALICE collaboration,
The Silicon Drift Detector Readout Scheme for the Inner Tracking System of the ALICE Experiment,
Presented at the Fourth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Roma, Italy, 21-25 Sep 1998,
Proceedings : CERN/LHCC/98-36 pagg. 151-154

A.Rivetti, G.Mazza,
Two 2-stage transimpedance amplifiers for silicon drift detctor readout,
Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Roma, Italy, CERN/LHCC/98-36, pagg. 499-502

D.Cavagnino,G.Mazza et al.,
Data Compression for the ALICE Silicon Drift Detector
ALICE Internal Notes/SDD ALICE-INT-1998-41

G.Alberici, G.Mazza, P.De Remigis
Data Transmission Protocol for the readout of Silicon Drift Detector
ALICE Internal Notes/SDD ALICE-INT-1998-40

ALICE High Momentum Particle Identification Technical Design Report
CERN/LHCC 98-19, 14 August 1998

1997

RD49 Status Report – Study of the Radiation Tolerance of ICs for LHC
LEB StatusReport/RD49 CERN/LHCC 97-63 12 December 1997

G.C. Bonazzola, G.Mazza et al.
A possible SDD readout scheme for the Inner Tracking System of the ALICE experiment
ALICE Internal Notes/SDD INT-97-36

1995

G.C. Bonazzola, G.Mazza
Analysis of a Zero Suppression Scheme for a Silicon Drift Detector.
ALICE Internal Notes/SDD ALICE-INT-1995-53

ALICE Technical Proposal
CERN/LHCC/95-71 15 December 1995