PIXEL 2010 - a Resume

TL;DR

The PIXEL 2010 conference highlighted advancements in semiconductor pixel detectors for particle physics and imaging, showcasing progress from hybrid to monolithic technologies and their applications in major experiments.

Contribution

This paper summarizes recent developments in pixel detector technologies, emphasizing the transition from hybrid to monolithic devices and new integration methods for future applications.

Findings

Hybrid pixel detectors have demonstrated impressive capabilities at LHC.

X-ray imaging detectors have significantly advanced diffraction experiments.

Monolithic CMOS and DEPFET pixels are being used in vertex detectors for RHIC and superKEKB.

Abstract

The Pixel 2010 conference focused on semiconductor pixel detectors for particle tracking/vertexing as well as for imaging, in particular for synchrotron light sources and XFELs. The big LHC hybrid pixel detectors have impressively started showing their capabilities. X-ray imaging detectors, also using the hybrid pixel technology, have greatly advanced the experimental possibilities for diiffraction experiments. Monolithic or semi-monolithic devices like CMOS active pixels and DEPFET pixels have now reached a state such that complete vertex detectors for RHIC and superKEKB are being built with these technologies. Finally, new advances towards fully monolithic active pixel detectors, featuring full CMOS electronics merged with efficient signal charge collection, exploiting standard CMOS technologies, SOI and/or 3D integration, show the path for the future. This r\'esum\'e attempts to extract the main statements of the results and developments presented at this conference.