Title :
A new multihit digital TDC implemented in a gallium arsenide ASIC
Author :
Hazen, E. ; Dye, S.T. ; Gergin, E. ; Jenko, M. ; Lozic, T. ; Mavretic, A. ; Orlov, D. ; Varner, G. ; Jaworski, M.
Author_Institution :
Boston Univ., MA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A monolithic multi-hit digital TDC (time-to-digital converter) has been developed for the DUMAND II experiment. This TDC has a 27 channel pipelined architecture, with a 1ns least count. An overview of the performance requirements and implementation in a GaAs gate array is described here
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; application specific integrated circuits; detector circuits; digital integrated circuits; direct coupled FET logic; field effect integrated circuits; gallium arsenide; logic arrays; nuclear electronics; pipeline processing; 27 channel pipelined architecture; ASIC; DUMAND II; GaAs; GaAs gate array; monolithic multi-hit digital TDC; multihit digital TDC; time-to-digital converter; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Electromagnetic radiation; Gallium arsenide; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Optical pulses; Packaging; Space vector pulse width modulation; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
