The Test Stand System for the PHENIX iFVTX Silicon Detector

Author

Rivera, Ryan A. ; Turqueti, Marcos A.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia

fYear

2007

fDate

April 29 2007-May 4 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

PHENIX is the largest of the four experiments currently taking data at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), and the iFVTX is a new pixel tracker which will be installed in the forward tracker region of PHENIX. Fermilab has developed a complete test stand system for the examination of FPix2.1 modules, hybrids, and pixel chips that will be installed in the iFVTX. The system is currently in use for chip, module, and wafer testing at Fermilab. The test stand architecture is flexible and can be adapted to new requirements. In this paper, the software and hardware integration will be discussed followed by an analysis of the advantages of choosing a modular approach for the system. Finally, a selection of tests supported by the system, along with sample results, will be presented and explained.

Keywords

data acquisition; high energy physics instrumentation computing; logic testing; microprocessor chips; position sensitive particle detectors; silicon radiation detectors; Fermilab; PHENIX iFVTX silicon detector; Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction eXperiment; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; data acquisition; multichip modules; pixel tracker; software-hardware integration; test stand system; wafer testing; Computer architecture; Data acquisition; Detectors; Flexible electronics; Hardware; Laboratories; Nuclear power generation; Silicon; Software testing; System testing; Data Acquisition; FPix2.1; PHENIX; Test Stand; iFVTX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real-Time Conference, 2007 15th IEEE-NPSS

Conference_Location

Batavia, IL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0866-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0867-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTC.2007.4382808

Filename

4382808