Design and performance of the ABCD chip for the binary readout of silicon strip detectors in the ATLAS semiconductor tracker

Author

Dabrowski, W. ; Anghinolf, F. ; Buttar, C. ; Cindro, V. ; Clark, A.G. ; Dawson, I. ; Dorfan, D. ; Dubbs, T. ; Falconer, N. ; French, M. ; Greenall, A. ; Grillo, A.A. ; Happer, R. ; Jarron, P. ; Kaplon, J. ; Kudlaty, J. ; Kramberger, G. ; Lacasta, C. ; LaM

Author_Institution

Fac. of Phys. & Nucl. Tech., UMM, Krakow, Poland

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

382

Abstract

The ABCD design is a single chip implementation of the binary readout architecture for silicon strip detectors in the ATLAS semiconductor tracker. The prototype chip has been manufactured successfully in the DMILL process. In the paper we present the design of the chip and the measurement results. The basic analogue performance of the ABCD design has been evaluated using a prototype SCT module equipped with the ABCD chips. The digital performance has been evaluated using a general purpose IC tester. The measurements confirmed that all blocks of the ABCD design are fully functional and the chips meet all basic requirements of the SCT

Keywords

digital readout; digital signal processing chips; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; ABCD chip; ATLAS semiconductor tracker; DMILL process; SCT module; Si; Si strip detectors; analogue performance; binary readout; digital performance; prototype chip; single chip implementation; Detectors; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Semiconductor device measurement; Semiconductor device noise; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon; Strips; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1999. Conference Record. 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5696-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1999.842514

Filename

842514