ePIC SVT WP3 Electrical Interfaces Meeting

Thursday 11 Dec 2025, 10:00 → 11:00 US/Eastern

1 Introduction

Speakers: Marcello Borri (staff@stfc.ac.uk), Zhenyu Ye (Laurance Berkeley National Laboratory)

2 Update on Disk related activity

Speakers: Xuan Li (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Zhenyu Ye (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

-Awaiting more details on spTAB proposal from LTU;

-Discussions with Omni for 3rd round of prototyping;

3 Update on OB related activity

Speakers: Jian Liu (University of Liverpool), Joellen Renck (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Marcello Borri (staff@stfc.ac.uk), Todd Huffman (member@ox.ac.uk;staff@ox.ac.uk), William Helsby (staff@stfc.ac.uk)

OB FPC:

-W.Helsby tests on M-FPC, reported and discussed at SVT DSC mtg on 10/12/2025. Further discussion at SVT meeting in Oxford w/c 15/12/2025.

-3D printed parts to interconnect more FPCs: designed passed from Oxford to Bham. Bham to complete design.

-Test plan requires more FPCs interconnected to be completed/progress.

OB Module:

-Individual Test Plan (ITP) for detector module: comments received from reviewers and implemented. Distributed latest copy.

4 Update on IB related activity

Speakers: Andrew Hill (staff@stfc.ac.uk), Laura Gonella (INFN Trieste)

-procurement of FPC samples to study signal integrity on representative FPC length (~18cm).

-theoretical calculations of signal attenuation to be reconciled with measurements.

5 Further brainstorming