Design and performance of semi-custom analog IC including two TACs and two current integrators for `Super-Kamiokande´

Author

Tanimori, T. ; Ikeda, H. ; Mori, M. ; Kihara, K. ; Kitagawa, H. ; Haren, Y.

Author_Institution

KEK, Nat. Lab. for High Energy Phys., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

36

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

497

Lastpage

501

Abstract

A semicustom analog integrated circuit (IC) has been developed for the front end of the Super-Kamiokande experiment. This IC includes two TACs (time-to-amplitude converters) with 1-ns resolution and two current integrators with 10-bit resolution in a 24-DIP package. In order to reduce the development period and the design effort, a commercial-base bipolar analog gate array was adopted. With this technology, it took only a half year to design and produce the test chips

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; data acquisition; linear integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; Super-Kamiokande experiment; commercial-base bipolar analog gate array; current integrators; front end; semicustom analog integrated circuit; time-to-amplitude converters; Analog integrated circuits; Assembly; Bipolar integrated circuits; Electronics packaging; Energy consumption; Integrated circuit packaging; Integrated circuit technology; Photomultipliers; Space technology; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.34489

Filename

34489