Detector Development for Particle Physics

In high energy physics experiments, tracking and vertexing is nowadays mostly done using semiconductor detectors. Among the employed detectors are hybrid pixel sensors, passive sensors and recently also depleted monolithic active pixel sensors (DMAPS), which integrate the particle sensor with frontend electronics. The dominant material for the production of such sensors currently is silicon. However, the use of silicon carbide is currently being investigated. In this work we report on our progress on the development of silicon based DMAPS. Further, we present a novel front-end circuit for passive silicon carbide detectors.