A 10 MBytes/sec fibre optic link

Author

Brodier-Yourstone, Ph ; McCulloch, L. ; McLaren, R.A.

Author_Institution

ECP Div., CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-5 Nov 1994

Firstpage

724

Abstract

This paper presents a fibre optic link (FOL) that has been developed for the NA48 experiment at CERN. About fifteen FOLs will be used to transfer event data to the Data Merger (event builder) over a distance of 200 metres. The FOL has a very simple interface and is capable of transmitting data at a rate of over 10 MBytes/sec while performing error detection. The optical part of the FOL uses industry standard components. This, combined with its simplicity of use, makes the FOL suitable to be reused in a wide range of applications, which is shown by its use outside the NA48 experiment

Keywords

detector circuits; error detection; high energy physics instrumentation computing; local area networks; nuclear electronics; optical interconnections; 10 MByte/s; 200 m; Data Merger; NA48 experiment; error detection; event builder; event data; fibre optic link; industry standard components; Corporate acquisitions; Fiber optics; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Protocols; Space technology; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2544-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474508

Filename

474508