Title :
Functional super Read-Out Driver demonstrator for the Phase II Upgrade of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter
Author :
Carrió, F. ; Castillo, V. ; Ferrer, A. ; Fiorini, L. ; González, V. ; Hernández, Y. ; Higón, E. ; Moreno, P. ; Sanchis, E. ; Solans, C. ; Valero, A. ; Valls, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
Abstract :
This work presents the implementation of a functional super Read-Out Driver (sROD) demonstrator for the Phase II Upgrade of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) in the LHC experiment. The proposed front-end for the Phase II Upgrade communicates with back-end electronics using a multifiber optical connector with a data rate of 57.6 Gbps using the GBT protocol. This functional sROD demonstrator aims to help in the understanding of the problems that could arise in the upgrade of back-end electronics. The demonstrator is composed of three different boards that have been developed in the framework of ATLAS activities: the Optical Multiplexer Board (OMB), the Read-Out Driver (ROD) and the Optical Link Card (OLC). This functional sROD demonstrator will be used to develop a prototype, in ATCA format, of the new ROD for the Phase II.
Keywords :
particle calorimetry; position sensitive particle detectors; ATCA format; ATLAS activities; ATLAS tile calorimeter; GBT protocol; LHC experiment; Phase II Upgrade; back-end electronics; multifiber optical connector; optical link card; optical multiplexer board; super read-out driver demonstrator; Large Hadron Collider; Optical buffering; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0118-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154472
