CUORE will be an array of 988 TeO2 bolometers (5 × 5 × 5 cm3) held at about 10 mK. It will study the very rare double β decay process from 130Te. The electrical connections of the array to the room temperature electronics will consist in about 2000 wires. We will describe the design and characterization of the 3 interconnection sectors going from the detectors to the mixing chamber, the coldest stage at which the array is thermally and mechanically anchored, and from the mixing chamber to room temperature. The lower part consists of a set of 2.3 m long, 50 μm thick, Cu-insulator tapes having PEN (Polyethylene 2.6 Naphthalate) substrate, on which a pattern of copper tracks are etched. The differential layout pattern chosen allows obtaining a signal cross talk between adjacent channels of about 0.024%, together with a capacitance of about 26 pF/m and a resistance larger than 200 GΩ/m. On the top of the mixing chamber, Cu-Kapton boards are used to join the tapes to the second upward-going 2 m long links, implemented with twisted NbTi wires, interwoven in a NOMEX® texture. NbTi-NOMEX link features about 100 pF/m and negligible level of cross-talk. The radioactivity content of Cu-PEN tapes, Cu-Kapton boards, NbTi-NOMEX ribbons and connectors has been investigated and found to be compliant with the experimental requirements. A mechanical study has been done to quote the vibration transmission properties of the highly packaged tapes.
Andreotti, E., Arnaboldi, C., Barucci, M., Brofferio, C., Cosmelli, C., Calligaris, L., et al. (2009). The low radioactivity link of the CUORE experiment. JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION, 4(09) [10.1088/1748-0221/4/09/P09003].
The low radioactivity link of the CUORE experiment
BROFFERIO, CHIARA;CAPELLI, SILVIA;CLEMENZA, MASSIMILIANO;Pessina, G;
2009
Abstract
CUORE will be an array of 988 TeO2 bolometers (5 × 5 × 5 cm3) held at about 10 mK. It will study the very rare double β decay process from 130Te. The electrical connections of the array to the room temperature electronics will consist in about 2000 wires. We will describe the design and characterization of the 3 interconnection sectors going from the detectors to the mixing chamber, the coldest stage at which the array is thermally and mechanically anchored, and from the mixing chamber to room temperature. The lower part consists of a set of 2.3 m long, 50 μm thick, Cu-insulator tapes having PEN (Polyethylene 2.6 Naphthalate) substrate, on which a pattern of copper tracks are etched. The differential layout pattern chosen allows obtaining a signal cross talk between adjacent channels of about 0.024%, together with a capacitance of about 26 pF/m and a resistance larger than 200 GΩ/m. On the top of the mixing chamber, Cu-Kapton boards are used to join the tapes to the second upward-going 2 m long links, implemented with twisted NbTi wires, interwoven in a NOMEX® texture. NbTi-NOMEX link features about 100 pF/m and negligible level of cross-talk. The radioactivity content of Cu-PEN tapes, Cu-Kapton boards, NbTi-NOMEX ribbons and connectors has been investigated and found to be compliant with the experimental requirements. A mechanical study has been done to quote the vibration transmission properties of the highly packaged tapes.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.