Design and Realisation of Integrated Circuits for the Readout of Pixel Sensors in High Energy Physics and Biomedical Imaging

Several application specific microchips (ASICs) for the readout of pixel detectors have been designed, tested and described in this thesis. The first chapter gives the detailed description of the pixel-readout chip for the ATLAS pixel detector (FEI). The chip is now in operation as the innermost electronic component of the ATLAS detector. The chip for steering of DEPFET matrix (SWITCHER) is described in the second chapter. The chip is implemented in a high-voltage CMOS technology, it generates fast high voltage signals. Finally, a novel pixel readout chip for a hybrid x-ray pixel detector based on direct conversion is introduced. The chip (CIX) has joint photon counting and integrating capability.