Author/Authors :
Arms، نويسنده , , K.E. and Gan، نويسنده , , K.K. and Jackson، نويسنده , , P. and Johnson، نويسنده , , M. and Kagan، نويسنده , , H. and Kass، نويسنده , , R. Mohammad-Rahimi، نويسنده , , A.M. and Rush، نويسنده , , C. and Smith، نويسنده , , S. and Ter-Antonian، نويسنده , , R. and Zoeller، نويسنده , , M.M. and Buchholz، نويسنده , , P. and Holder، نويسنده , , M. and Roggenbuck، نويسنده , , A. and Schade، نويسنده , , P. and Ziolkowski، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We have developed two radiation-hard ASICs for optical data transmission in the ATLAS pixel detector at the LHC at CERN: a driver chip for a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) diode for 80 Mbit/s data transmission from the detector, and a Bi-Phase Mark decoder chip to recover the control data and 40 MHz clock received optically by a PIN diode. We have successfully implemented both ASICs in 0.25 μm CMOS technology using enclosed layout transistors and guard rings for increased radiation hardness. We present results of the performance of these chips, including irradiation with 24 GeV protons up to 61 Mrad (2.3×1015 p/cm2).
Keywords :
LHC , Optical-link , ALTAS , pixel , Irradiation , ASIC
