Commissioning of the control and data acquisition electronics for the CDF silicon vertex detector

Author

Tkaczyk, S.M. ; Turner, K.J. ; Nelson, C.A. ; Shaw, T.M. ; Wesson, T.R. ; Bailey, M.W. ; Kruse, M.C. ; Castro, A.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

2-9 Nov. 1991

Firstpage

753

Abstract

The SVX (silicon vertex detector) data acquisition system includes three components: a Fastbus sequencer, an SVX rabbit crate controller, and a digitizer. These modules are integrated into the Collider Detector Facility (CDF) data acquisition system and operate the readout chips. The results of the extensive functional tests of the SVX modules are reported. The authors discuss the sequencer´s stability, systematic differences between them, and methods of synchronization with the Tevatron beam crossing. The digitizer ADC (analog-to-digital converter) calibration procedure run on the microsequencer is described. The microsequencer code used for data taking and SVX chip calibration modes is described. Measurements of the SVX data scan time under different conditions are discussed.<>

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; calibration; controllers; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; physical instrumentation control; semiconductor counters; silicon; ADC; CDF; Collider Detector Facility; Fastbus sequencer; SVX; Si detector; Tevatron beam crossing; analog-to-digital converter; calibration procedure; commissioning; control; data acquisition electronics; data scan time; digitizer; microsequencer; rabbit crate controller; readout chips; stability; synchronization; systematic differences; vertex detector; Analog-digital conversion; Calibration; Control systems; Data acquisition; Detectors; Fastbus; Rabbits; Silicon; Stability; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0513-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.259042

Filename

259042