Smart pixel sensors Towards on-sensor filtering of pixel clusters with deep learning

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Abstract

High granularity silicon pixel sensors are at the heart of energy frontier particle physics collider experiments. At an collision rate of 40\,MHz, these detectors create massive amounts of data. Signal processing that handles data incoming at those rate and intelligently reduces the data within the pixelated region of the detector \textit{at rate} will enhance physics performance and enable physics analyses that are not currently possible. Using the shape of charge clusters deposited in an array of small pixels, the physical properties of the traversing particle can be extracted with locally customized neural networks. In this first work, we present a neural network that can be embedded into the on-sensor readout and filter out hits from low momentum tracks, reducing the detector's data volume by 54.4-75.4\%. The network is designed and simulated as a custom readout integrated circuit with 28\,nm CMOS technology and is expected to operate at less than 300\,$\mu W$ with an area of less than 0.2\,mm$^2$.

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