The CDF-II silicon tracking system

The CDF silicon tracking system for Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron consists of eight layers arranged in cylinders spanning radii from 1.35 to 28 cm, and lengths from 90 cm to nearly 2 m for a total of 6 m2 of silicon and 722,000 readout channels. With an innermost layer (Layer 00) utilizing radiation tolerant p+-in-n silicon and low-mass readout cables between the sensors and readout electronics, double-sided vertexing layers (SVXII) designed for use with a deadtimeless secondary-vertex trigger, and outermost layers (Intermediate Silicon Layers) utilizing mass-producible modules attached to a carbon fiber spaceframe, this system is a starting point for the next generation of silicon trackers for the LHC and Tevatron.