Title :
The Beauty Contiguity Trigger of the BEATRICE experiment
Author :
Bruschini, C. ; Darbo, G. ; Martinengo, P. ; Salvo, C. ; Farthouat, P. ; Passaseo, M. ; Ryzhov, V. ; Schuler, G. ; Torelli, M. ; Zanello, L. ; Malferrari, L.
Author_Institution :
INFN, Genova, Italy
Abstract :
The Beauty Contiguity Trigger (BCT) in the fixed-target experiment WA92/BEATRICE at CERN is described. It is composed of 11 FASTBUS modules and is based on a custom-designed application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip. An overview of both the trigger algorithm and the processor architecture is given. Preliminary results on its operation during data collection in the 1992 run of WA92 are also presented
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; parallel architectures; physics computing; BEATRICE experiment; Beauty Contiguity Trigger; FASTBUS; WA92/BEATRICE; application-specific integrated circuit; architecture; trigger algorithm; Application specific integrated circuits; Detectors; Event detection; Fastbus; Microstrip; Monitoring; Physics; Strips; Target tracking; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0884-0
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301241
