• DocumentCode
    1039949
  • Title

    A 100 MHz time-to-digital-convertor system in VMEbus

  • Author

    Von Walter, Peter ; Engelfried, Jürgen

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Inst., heidelberg Univ., West Germany
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    378
  • Lastpage
    381
  • Abstract
    A newly designed multichannel (18 channel), multihit (<255), and multievent (<255) time-to-digital converter (TDC) system, consisting of discriminator- and TDC-modules, is described. The TDC with a time resolution of 10 ns is optimized for fast readout at high event rates. To achieve high-speed throughput, the system is built up in VMEbus for full 32-b data transfer in combination with powerful VME processor modules for data processing. All TDC modules in one VME crate can be read out by one block transfer
  • Keywords
    nuclear electronics; 32-b data transfer; TDC-modules; VME crate; VMEbus; block transfer; data processing; discriminator models; event rates; fast readout; high-speed throughput; multichannel multihit multievent time-to-digital convertor; time resolution; Backplanes; Clocks; Connectors; Counting circuits; Data processing; Design optimization; Measurement standards; Pins; Throughput; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.106649
  • Filename
    106649