Stefan Ritt

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Stefan Ritt
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Stefan Ritt in 2016
BornOctober 10, 1964
Nationality German
Alma mater University of Karlsruhe
Known forDRS4 Switched Capacitor Array Chip, MIDAS, ELOG
AwardsFellow of the IEEE, 2016,
IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award, 2020
Scientific career
Fields Particle Physics, cLFV
Institutions Paul Scherrer Institute
Doctoral advisor Ed T. Boschitz
Website https://www.psi.ch/en/ltp-muon-physics/people/stefan-ritt

Stefan Ritt is a German physicist and head of the muon physics group [1] at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Aargau, Switzerland. He is member of the MEG experiment and co-spokesperson of the Mu3e experiment. He is best known for the development of the DRS4 Switched Capacitor Array Chip, [2] as primary author of the MIDAS Data Acquisition System and as author of the ELOG Electronic Logbook. He is co-author of two patents related to Switched Capacitor Array Circuits and their calibration.

In addition Ritt is an active member of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, [3] where he is a Distinguished Lecturer [4] and was Society President 2017-2018. [5]

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