Tester of the TRT front-end electronics for the ATLAS-experiment

Author

Hajduk, Z. ; Jurkiewicz, P. ; Kisielewski, B. ; Kotarba, A. ; Malecki, P. ; Natkaniec, Z. ; Olszowska, J. ; Ostrowicz, W. ; Krupinska, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Nucl. Phys., Krakow, Poland

Volume

47

Issue

2

fYear

2000

fDate

4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

142

Lastpage

146

Abstract

The VME based tester for front-end electronics of the TRT (Transition Radiation Tracker) detector of the ATLAS-LHC experiment at CERN, Geneva, is described. The TRT read-out electronics for 424576 proportional tubes grouped on many thousands of cards requires stringent quality control after assembly and during installation. The tester provides all required data, pulses, timing and power supplies for tested cards. The essential part of the tester is its software that allows for device handling as well as facilitates functional and statistical tests. The prototype, present design as well as the new design for mass production tests are discussed

Keywords

circuit testing; nuclear electronics; readout electronics; transition radiation detectors; ATLAS-experiment; Transition Radiation Tracker detector; VME based tester; device handling; front-end electronics; power supplies; proportional tubes; read-out electronics; Assembly; Electron tubes; Electronic equipment testing; Prototypes; Pulsed power supplies; Quality control; Radiation detectors; Software prototyping; Software testing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.846134

Filename

846134