Microstrip innovative in alluminio per trasmissione dati nell'esperimento PANDA

PANDA is a fixed target subnuclear experiment, which will take place at the GSI laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany, as a part of the research program of the FAIR facility. This work is focused on the development of low-mass differential aluminum microstrips, for use in high rate data transmission in the hybrid pixel modules of the PANDA Micro Vertex Detector (MVD). In Chap. 1 the experiment is described, with particular attention to the phys- ics case and the detector requirements and layout. In Chap. 2 the layout of the MVD and of the various detector modules is presented. In Chap. 3 the readout electronics for the hybrid pixel modules is described; the main features of the readout concept, the material budget constraints and the expected data rates are analyzed. Chap. 4 provides an introduction to the main issues of signal integrity analysis in the context of high rate serial digital data transmission, namely the jitter and the eye diagram analyses. A general introduction to the experimental setup and the simulation framework is also given. The last two chapters present the actual results of the studies performed during this thesis on the cables prototypes. In Chap. 5 the folded cables are studied with experimental characterization and simulations and tested for both electrical performances and radiation hardness. Finally, in Chap. 6 the studies on the straight cables and on the translators employed in the test setup are presented. This thesis has been prepared with the collaboration and the support of the Electronics Laboratory of the Turin section of INFN.