POLAR Front-End Electronics: Concept, performance and qualification tests

Author

Marcinkowski, Radoslaw M. ; Hajdas, Wojtek ; Rybka, Dominik ; Britvitch, Ilia ; Rodriguez, Ismael Traseira ; Gauvin, Neal ; Produit, Nicolas ; Rapin, Divic ; Pohl, Margit ; Orsi, Silvio ; Lechanoine-Leluc, Catherine ; Paniccia, Mercedes ; Batsch, Tadeusz

Author_Institution

Paul Scherrer Inst., Villigen, Switzerland

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

POLAR is a space instrument designed for measurements of the polarization of the prompt hard X- and gamma-ray emission from the Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB). POLAR consists of 25 identical Detection Modules equipped with Front-End Electronics (FEE) units. This paper describes: design, trigger strategy, functionality, qualification process and performance of POLAR FEE.

Keywords

X-ray sources (astronomical); aerospace instrumentation; astronomical instruments; astronomical polarimetry; gamma-ray bursts; nuclear electronics; POLAR FEE; POLAR front-end electronics; detection modules; gamma ray bursts; gamma-ray emission; hard X-ray emission; space instrument; Application specific integrated circuits; Connectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Field programmable gate arrays; Instruments; Qualifications; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829446

Filename

6829446