| Article | |
| Report number | hep-ex/9810048 ; EHEP-98-08 ; EHEP-98-08 |
| Title | TDC Chip and Readout Driver Developments for COMPASS and LHC-Experiments |
| Related title | TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTER READ-OUT LARGE HADRON COLLIDER |
| Author(s) | Braun, G. (Freiburg U.) ; Fischer, H. (Freiburg U.) ; Franz, J. (Freiburg U.) ; Grunemaier, A. (Freiburg U.) ; Heinsius, F.H. (Freiburg U.) ; Konigsmann, Kay (Freiburg U.) ; Schierloh, M. (Freiburg U.) ; Schmidt, T. (Freiburg U.) ; Schmitt, H. (Freiburg U.) ; Urban, H.J. (Freiburg U.) |
| Affiliation | (Universitaet Freiburg, Fakultät fuer Physik, Freiburg, Germany) |
| Publication | 1998 |
| Imprint | 2 Nov 1998 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| In: | 4th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments, Rome, Italy, 21 - 25 Sep 1998, pp.564-568 |
| Subject category | Particle Physics - Experiment |
| Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | CERN SPS ; NA58 |
| Abstract | A new TDC-chip is under development for the COMPASS experiment at CERN. The ASIC, which exploits the 0.6 micrometer CMOS sea-of-gate technology, will allow high resolution time measurements with digitization of 75 ps, and an unprecedented degree of flexibility accompanied by high rate capability and low power consumption. Preliminary specifications of this new TDC chip are presented. Furthermore a FPGA based readout-driver and buffer-module as an interface between the front-end of the COMPASS detector systems and an optical S-LINK is in development. The same module serves also as remote fan-out for the COMPASS trigger distribution and time synchronization system. This readout-driver monitors the trigger and data flow to and from front-ends. In addition, a specific data buffer structure and sophisticated data flow control is used to pursue local pre-event building. At start-up the module controls all necessary front-end initializations. |
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