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.

Stefan Ritt
Stefan Ritt in 2016
BornOctober 10, 1964
Pforzheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity 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
FieldsParticle Physics, cLFV
InstitutionsPaul Scherrer Institute
Doctoral advisorEd T. Boschitz
Websitehttps://www.psi.ch/en/ltp-muon-physics/people/stefan-ritt

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]

He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016[6] for the development of the Domino Ring Sampler series of chips and was awarded the IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award[7] in 2020 for contributions to the development and democratization of ultra-high-speed digitizers.

References
  1. "PSI Muon Physics Group". Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
  2. "DRS4 Chip Home Page". Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland.
  3. "IEEE NPSS". IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.
  4. "IEEE NPSS Distinguished Lecturers". IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.
  5. "IEEE NPSS Newsletter March 2017" (PDF). IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.
  6. "IEEE NPSS Fellows". IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.
  7. "IEEE Emilio Gatti Radiation Instrumentation Technical Achievement Award". Paul Scherrer Institute.
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