The External-target Experiment (CEE) at the Cooling Storage Ring of the Heavy-Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL-CSR) will be the first large-scale experiment in nuclear physics independently developed in China covering the GeV energy regime. The beam monitor located at the center front of the CEE accurately measures the position of the particles with a few tens of um accuracy in a non-interceptive way. This unique advantage significantly improves the accuracy of the particle track reconstructions. This beam monitor’s readout electronics consist of the Front-end module (FEM), Readout Control Module (RCM), and Clock Synchronization module (CSM). The novel Topmetal series pixel sensors directly collect the ionized charge along the track of the ion beam while it passes through the gas in the beam monitor. Lab test proves that the readout electronics have an INL of less than 1%. In addition, the prototype beam monitor can measure the position of the 40Ar beam of 320 MeV/u with a resolution of ~6.9 μm. This paper will discuss the design, characterization, and test of the readout electronics.
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