• DocumentCode
    1076841
  • Title

    High-density zero suppressor and encoder VME board using field programmable gate array

  • Author

    Aloisio, A. ; Cevenini, F. ; Patricelli, S. ; Parascandolo, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipartimento di Sci. Fisiche, Naples Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    2/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    225
  • Lastpage
    227
  • Abstract
    We describe a 96 bit zero-suppressor and encoder VME board designed for the RPC trigger system of the L3 Forward/Backward Muon detector at CERN. Running at 20 MHz clock frequency, the board processes the elementary 96 bit wide detector pattern in less than one microsecond, storing hit addresses in a FIFO array. Details of the board architecture based on seven XILINX XC3020 LCAs-are presented and simulation and preliminary test results are briefly reported
  • Keywords
    detector circuits; digital integrated circuits; encoding; logic arrays; nuclear electronics; printed circuit design; trigger circuits; 1 mus; 20 MHz; FIFO; L3 Forward/Backward Muon detector; RPC trigger; VME board; XILINX XC3020; architecture; encoder; field programmable gate array; resistive plate counter trigger; zero suppressor; Clocks; Cosmic rays; Costs; Counting circuits; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Frequency; Mesons; Sensor arrays; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.281494
  • Filename
    281494