A new TAC-based multichannel front-end electronics for TOF experiments with very high time resolution

Author

Koch, Karsten ; Hardel, H. ; Schulze, R. ; Badura, E. ; Hoffmann, J.

Author_Institution

DVEE Div., Gesellsehaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, Germany

Volume

52

Issue

3

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

745

Lastpage

747

Abstract

This paper presents a compact electronics for time measurements with very high resolution of about 10 ps rms. It has been designed for large scale physics experiments with thousands of channels. As an essential part of the timing front-end electronics, a high resolution time-to-amplitude converter (TAC) chip was developed with an outstanding linearity and low power consumption at low cost.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; readout electronics; time measurement; 10 ps; ASIC; TAC-based multichannel front-end electronics; TOF experiments; compact electronics; high resolution time-to-amplitude converter chip; high-resolution time measurement; large scale physics experiments; time of flight experiment; Aerospace electronics; Application specific integrated circuits; Capacitors; Costs; Delay lines; Energy consumption; Linearity; Time measurement; Timing; Voltage; High-precision time measurement; high-resolution time measurement; time of flight experiment; time-amplitude converter; time-amplitude converter ASIC;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2005.850957

Filename

1487717