AMBRA: A Multi-Event Buffering and Readout ASIC for the Silicon Drift Detectors of the ALICE Experiment

Author

Mazza, Giovanni ; De Remigis, Paolo ; Kloukinas, Kostas

Author_Institution

Ist. Naz. di Fis. Nucleare sezione di Torino, Turin

Volume

55

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2414

Lastpage

2419

Abstract

This paper describes a multi-event buffering and readout ASIC used in the front-end electronics for the silicon drift detectors (SDDs) of the ALICE experiment. The ASIC, named AMBRA, provides a number of control functions, mainly baseline equalization, first level data compression and a four event buffering to the data read-out of the SDD. It also controls the data and configuration flow between the front-end electronics and the data acquisition circuits.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; application specific integrated circuits; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; ADC conversion; ALICE experiment; AMBRA architecture; SDD; baseline equalization; data acquisition circuits; first level data compression; front-end electronics; multievent buffering; readout ASIC; silicon drift detectors; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Cables; Data acquisition; Data compression; Design for testability; Detectors; Particle tracking; Preamplifiers; Silicon; Data processing; design for testability; flow control; radiation detector circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2008.2001556

Filename

4636915