1. US Tracker Production Meeting, March 8, 2005 J. Incandela 1 Slides for the US Si Tracker Weekly Production Meeting J. Incandela March 8, 2005

2. US Tracker Production Meeting, March 8, 2005 J. Incandela 2 US CMS Tracker Group Brown University R. Hooper, G. Landsberg, C. Nguyen, H. Nguyen University of California, Riverside (UCR) P. Gartung, G. Hanson, G.Y. Jeng, G. Pasztor University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) A. Affolder, S. Burke, C. Campagnari, F. Garberson, D. Hale, J. Incandela, P. Kalavase, S. Kyre, J. Lamb, R. Taylor, D. Stuart, D. White + technicians University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) E. Chabalina, C. Gerber, L. Nigra, T. Ten Fermilab (FNAL) M. Demarteau, A. Ronzhin, K. Sogut, L. Spiegel, S. Tkaczyk + technicians University of Kansas (KU) P. Baringer, A. Bean, L. Christofek, D. Coppage Mexican Consortium: Cinvestav: H. Castilla, R. Perez, A. Sanchez Puebla: E. Medel, H. Salazar San Luis Potosi: A. Morelos University of Rochester (UR) R.Demina, R. Eusebi, E. Halkiadakis, A. Hocker, S. Korjenevski, P. Tipton 20 joined group this past year – few more needed at both sites 10 left the group (includes KSU) 20 joined group this past year – few more needed at both sites 10 left the group (includes KSU)

3. US Tracker Production Meeting, March 8, 2005 J. Incandela 3 US Group Activity US Group Leaders Meeting – monthly or as needed Discuss resources, planning, etc. US Production Meeting – Weekly Keep track of quality, schedule, problems All major tasks report. Experts understood to be meeting regularly. One expert representative for each task will make summary report in the Production meeting.

4. US Tracker Production Meeting, March 8, 2005 J. Incandela 4 Reports/Tasks/Leaders Reports Weekly, for both production sites (can be same person), initially as follows Inventory of components Number of items processed and quality Hybrid PA wirebonding and thermal cycle tests: Milan & Marcel Modules Wirebonding grades: Lenny & Susanne Grades for mechanical precision, distributions of strip alignments/angles: Lenny and Dean Electrical testing grades: Tony and Lisa Wien box grades: Timor and Chris Rods Number through single test, and LT grades: Claudio & Slawek? Yuri? Any problems: All Any Needs: All

5. US Tracker Production Meeting, March 8, 2005 J. Incandela 5 SST Schedule Completion: Jan. 2006 An aggressive schedule

6. US Tracker Production Meeting, March 8, 2005 J. Incandela 6 Schedule Outlook Parts Sensor: HPK – yields very high – quality excellent Fairly confident all Sensors will arrive by November – even if we increase order from 16400 to ~18000 Hybrids: Cicorel – quality good – yields rising Recent batches were very good Went from slightly behind the original schedule to slightly ahead The exceptionally good new batches included TOB Looks like all TOB hybrids could be in hand before Europe closes for August Module Production Open issues: Approval of Ag epoxy fix, Encapsulation Start now: 6-9 per day (30 per site this week) Following 4 weeks: ~50/w/site Following 4 weeks: ~75/w/site Steady state after that: ~100/w/site Cannot exceed ~ 60-70/w/site until multi-rod burn-in is going. Without rods, need overnight cycling in Wien box for thermal check. Gives us 5 to 8 weeks to get the rod production up to snuff.

7. US Tracker Production Meeting, March 8, 2005 J. Incandela 7 Planning We may focus heavily on TOB initially, with the possibility of completing all rods by early Autumn being considered. Then, UCSB will be full time TEC module production. Meanwhile, we build a team up at CERN for I&C