TGV32: a 32-channel preamplifier chip for the Multiplicity Vertex Detector at PHENIX

Author

Britton, C.L. ; Ericson, M.N., Jr. ; Frank, S.S. ; Moore, J.A. ; Simpson, M.L. ; Young, G.R. ; Smith, R.S. ; Clonts, L.G. ; Parakkat, T.B. ; Boissevain, J. ; Hahn, S. ; Kapustinsky, J.S. ; Simon-Gillo, J. ; Sullivan, J.P. ; van Hecke, H.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

9-15 Nov 1997

Firstpage

231

Abstract

The TGV32, a 32-channel preamplifier-multiplicity discriminator chip for the Multiplicity Vertex Detector (MVD) at PHENIX, is a unique silicon preamplifier in that it provides both an analog output for storage in an analog memory and a weighted summed-current output for conversion to a channel multiplicity count. The architecture and test results of the chip are presented. Details about the design of the preamplifier, discriminator, and programmable digital-analog converters performance as well as the process variations are presented. The chip is fabricated in a 1.2-μm, n-well, CMOS process

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; digital-analogue conversion; discriminators; nuclear electronics; preamplifiers; 1.2 mum; 32-channel preamplifier chip; 32-channel preamplifier-multiplicity discriminator chip; Multiplicity Vertex Detector; PHENIX; Si; Si preamplifier; TGV32; analog memory; analog output; n-well CMOS; process variations; programmable digital-analog converters; weighted summed-current output; Analog memory; Capacitors; Detectors; Digital-analog conversion; Feedback; Laboratories; Preamplifiers; Resistors; Signal to noise ratio; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium, 1997. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4258-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1997.672575

Filename

672575