Preface	7
	Contents	9
	List of Figures	10
	List of Tables	14
	1 Introduction	15
	1.1 The LHC project	15
	1.2 The LHC physics programme	20
	1.3 The CMS experiment	22
	1.3.1 The muon spectrometer	26
	1.3.2 The magnet	28
	1.3.3 The calorimeter system	28
	1.3.4 The inner tracking system	30
	1.3.5 The trigger system	32
	2 Semiconductor Detectors	34
	2.1 The p-n junction	36
	2.2 Signal creation	40
	2.2.1 Detector types	42
	2.3 Radiation effects	49
	3 The CMS Silicon Strip Tracker	51
	3.1 Tracker concept	51
	3.1.1 Layout of the silicon tracker	54
	3.2 Silicon strip detector modules	56
	3.2.1 CMS Silicon Sensor	56
	3.2.2 Mechanics	59
	3.2.3 Readout Hybrids	63
	3.3 Readout, triggering and services	65
	3.3.1 On-detector module readout electronics	67
	3.3.1.1 The APV25-S1 readout chip	67
	3.3.1.2 The multiplexer chip, APVMUX	71
	3.3.1.3 The Tracker Phase Locked Loop chip, TPLL	71
	3.3.1.4 The Detector Control Unit chip, DCU	72
	3.3.2 Off-detector module readout electronics	73
	3.3.2.1 Optical links	73
	3.3.2.2 The front-end driver	74
	3.3.2.3 Services	75
	3.3.2.4 Slow control and triggering	76
	3.3.2.5 Summary	77
	3.4 Radiation hardness	78
	3.5 Tracker substructures	79
	3.5.1 Tracker Inner Barrel and Tracker Inner Disks	80
	3.5.2 Tracker Outer Barrel	82
	3.5.3 Tracker End Caps	85
	3.6 Laser Alignment System	92
	3.7 Cooling system	93
	3.8 Material budget	94
	3.9 Expected performance	95
	4 Detector Production and Commissioning	99
	4.1 Production	99
	4.1.1 Module production	102
	4.1.1.1 Quality control during production	105
	4.1.1.2 Summary of TEC module production	115
	4.1.2 Petal production	118
	4.1.3 Substructures	122
	4.1.3.1 TIB/TID	124
	4.1.3.2 TOB	126
	4.1.3.3 TEC	127
	4.2 Commissioning experiences	128
	4.2.1 Magnet test and cosmic challenge	129
	4.2.2 Tracker slice test	133
	5 Conclusion	141
	Bibliography	142