Electronics for the BaBar central drift chamber

Author

Albert, J. ; Bajic, A. ; Bard, R. ; Beaulieu, M. ; Blinov, V. ; Boyarski, A. ; Broome, B. ; Coupal, D. ; Corso, F. Dal ; Dolinsky, S. ; Dorfan, D. ; Dow, S. ; Dubrovin, M. ; Dusatko, J. ; Erdos, E. ; Faccini, R. ; Fernandez, J.P. ; Ford, W.T. ; Galeazzi,

Author_Institution

Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

896

Abstract

The central drift chamber for the BaBar detector at the SLAC B-factory is based on a hexagonal cell design with 7104 cells arranged in 40 layers and drift gas helium:isobutane (80%:20%). Performance optimization and integration requirements led to an electronics design that mounts the amplifier-discriminator and digitizing circuitry directly on the endplate. High channel density is achieved using a 4-channel custom amplifier-discriminator IC and an 8-channel custom CMOS TDC/FADC IC on a single circuit board. Data read from the front ends are multiplexed on 4 fiber optic links, and prompt trigger data are sent out continuously on 24 links. Analysis of cosmic ray data demonstrates that the electronics design meets the performance goals for the BaBar drift chamber. The final electronics were installed on the drift chamber in July, 1998. Installation of BaBar on beamline is scheduled for March, 1999

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; amplifiers; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; discriminators; drift chambers; nuclear electronics; optical cables; trigger circuits; 4-channel custom amplifier-discriminator IC; 8-channel custom CMOS TDC/FADC IC; BaBar central drift chamber; SLAC B-factory; amplifier-discriminator; cosmic ray data; digitizing circuitry; electronics design; fiber optic links; front ends; hexagonal cell design; high channel density; performance optimization; prompt trigger data; CMOS integrated circuits; Detectors; Educational institutions; Laboratories; Linear accelerators; Nuclear physics; Optical amplifiers; Optimization; Printed circuits; Structural beams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1998. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5021-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1998.774314

Filename

774314