Contents

• Preface
• Abstract
• Kurzfassung
• Introduction
  • LHC
  • Physics Motivation
  • CMS Detector Layout
• Silicon Sensors
  • Energy Loss
  • Charge Collection
  • Radiation Damage
    • Doping Concentration
    • Leakage Current
    • Charge Collection Efficiency
  • Detector Geometry
    • Strips
    • Pixels
  • Lorentz Shift
  • Readout Electronics
    • Coupling
    • Amplifier
    • Deconvolution
    • Noise
    • Radiation Damage
• CMS Tracker System
  • Pixel Detector
  • Strip Detector
• Strip Tracker Electronics
  • APV
    • APV25 Circuit Details
    • APV25 Output
  • Front-End Electronics
    • APVMUX
    • PLL-Delay
    • DCU
  • Optical Links
    • Analog Optical Link
    • Digital Optical Link
  • Back-End Electronics
    • TTC System
    • FEC and CCU
    • FED
• Experimental Results
  • APV Tests
    • Hardware Setup
    • Software
    • APV6 Multiregion Module Beam Test (June 1998)
    • APV25 Laboratory Tests (2000/2001)
    • APV6/APV25 Beam Tests (May/December 2000)
    • APV25 Irradiation (December 2000)
    • APVMUX Test (February 2001)
    • APV25 Magnetic Field Test (March 2001)
  • Analog Optical Link Tests
    • Analog Optical Link Laboratory Tests (September 1999)
    • Laser Magnetic Field Test (March 2001)
  • FED Evaluation (April 2001)
• Summary
  • Silicon Detector Model
  • APV Laboratory Tests
  • Beam Tests
  • Other Tests
  • Outlook
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations and Symbols
• Bibliography
• Curriculum Vitae
  • List of Experiments
  • List of Publications
• About this document ...