Via last Through Silicon Vias (TSVs) can be exploited to build low material modules for the upgrades of the ATLAS pixel detector at the High Luminosity LHC. To prove this concept a via last TSV process is demonstrated on ATLAS pixel readout wafers. Demonstrator modules ...

There is a steady trend to ultra-thin microelectronic devices. Especially for future particle detector systems a reduced readout chip thickness is required to limit the loss of tracking precision due to scattering. The reduction of silicon thickness is performed at wafe...

Comment: 45 pages, 30 figures, submitted to JINST