Experimental results from a pixel front-end for the NA62 experiment with on pixel constant fraction discriminator and 100 ps Time to Digital Converter

Author

Rivetti, A. ; Ceccucci, A. ; Ramusino, A. Cotta ; Chiozzi, S. ; Dellacasa, G. ; Fiorini, M. ; Garbolino, S. ; Jarron, P. ; Kaplon, J. ; Kluge, A. ; Marchetto, F. ; Albarran, E. Martin ; Martoiu, S. ; Mazza, G. ; Noy, M. ; Riedler, P. ; Wheadon, R.

Author_Institution

INFN, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

Oct. 30 2010-Nov. 6 2010

Firstpage

400

Lastpage

405

Abstract

The paper presents test results of a front-end ASIC developed for fast timing applications with silicon pixel detectors. Implemented in a 0.13 μm CMOS process, the prototype integrates 107 read-out cells. In an area of 300 μm × 300 μm each cell incorporates a fast transimpedance amplifier with 3 ns peaking time, a Constant Fraction Discriminator (CFD) and a Time to Digital Converter (TDC). The analog front-end is optimized for signals from 1 fC to 10 fC and dissipates lmW from a 1.2 V supply. Electrical tests of the key building blocks and system level aspects are discussed in the paper.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; discriminators; nuclear electronics; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; CMOS process; NA62 experiment; analog front-end; fast timing applications; fast transimpedance amplifier; front-end ASIC; pixel constant fraction discriminator; pixel front-end; readout cells; silicon pixel detectors; time-to-digital converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9106-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5873789

Filename

5873789