Title :
A high-rate Fastbus silicon strip readout system
Author :
Swoboda, Carl ; Barsotti, Ed ; Bowden, Mark ; Christian, David ; DeMaat, Robert ; Fachin, Miguel ; Gonzalez, Hector ; Hance, Rick ; Haldeman, Merle ; Hoff, Jim ; Larwill, Mark ; Rotolo, Carmen ; Trendler, Robert ; Trepstow, K. ; Urish, John ; Walsh, Don ;
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
fDate :
4/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A synchronous silicon strip readout system capable of zero dead-time readout at average trigger rates in excess of 1 MHz is described. The system is implemented in Fastbus, uses pipelining techniques, and includes point-to-point fiberoptic data links to transmit detector digital data. Semicustom ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) chips are used to amplify, discriminate, and logically combine track data before encoding. The overall system, each major Fastbus module, and the functional aspects of the ASIC chips are described
Keywords :
data acquisition; fibre optics; nuclear electronics; physics computing; semiconductor counters; trigger circuits; ASIC chips; average trigger rates; dead-time readout; detector digital data; encoding; high-rate Fastbus Si strip readout system; pipelining; point-to-point fiberoptic data links; semicustom application-specific integrated circuit; track data; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Delay; Detectors; Fastbus; Optical amplifiers; Radio frequency; Signal detection; Silicon; Strips;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
