The timing and control system of the ZEUS Tracking Detector data acquisition electronics

Author

Galagedera, S.B. ; Allen, D. ; Baird, S.A. ; Church, I. ; Hardy, P. ; Hawthorne, P.A. ; Jaroslawski, S. ; Jarrett, J. ; Bozorg, M. S Madani ; Matson, R. ; Quinton, S.P.H. ; Cassidy, A. ; Cussans, D. ; Heath, H.F. ; Foster, B. ; Morgado, C.J.S. ; Tapper, R

Author_Institution

SERC, Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK

Volume

41

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1255

Lastpage

1259

Abstract

The very high spatial resolution required by the ZEUS Tracking Detectors and the 96ns periodic interaction between protons and electrons of the HERA collider require real time analogue signal digitization at 104 MHz controlled reliably to tight tolerances. Maximum event readout efficiency, fast monitoring of run time errors and testability of front end electronics require pipelining, speed and flexibility. Such an electronic timing and control system is operational within three main inner detectors of the ZEUS detector and is presented in this paper

Keywords

computerised control; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physics computing; position sensitive particle detectors; scintillation counters; timing circuits; ZEUS Tracking Detector; data acquisition electronics; event readout efficiency; front end electronics; run time errors; timing and control system; Circuits; Control systems; Data acquisition; Laboratories; Monitoring; Particle tracking; Physics; Pipeline processing; Radiation detectors; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.322895

Filename

322895