High rate large dynamic range analog circuitry and digitizers for fast calorimetry

Author

Hallgren, B. ; Bal, F. ; Barr, G.D. ; Buchholz, P. ; Formenti, F. ; Funk, W. ; Kozhevnikov, Yu. ; Lacourt, A. ; Laverriere, G. ; Martini, M. ; Papi, A. ; Ponting, P. ; Sozzi, M. ; Vossnack, O. ; Wahl, H.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1605

Lastpage

1609

Abstract

This paper describes the issues encountered in the design of a large dynamic range digitizer for calorimetry. A gain switching technology developed for the liquid krypton calorimeter of the NA48 CP-violation experiment at CERN is described in detail. 14 bit dynamic range and better than 300 ps time resolution were achieved in beam tests with an 8 channel prototype. A mixed analog/digital ASIC has been developed. A 13,500 channel system is being produced which will be put into operation in 1996

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; detector circuits; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; NA48 CP-violation experiment; digitizers; fast calorimetry; gain switching technology; high rate large dynamic range analog circuitry; liquid krypton calorimeter; mixed analog/digital ASIC; time resolution; Calorimetry; Capacitors; Circuits; Detectors; Digital filters; Dynamic range; Energy resolution; Piecewise linear approximation; Preamplifiers; Sampling methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.507155

Filename

507155