MUSE: an integrated trigger and readout control system for CHIMERA

Author

Alderighi, Monica ; Anzalone, Antonello ; Cali, Claudio ; Cardella, Giuseppe ; Cavallaro, Salvatore ; De Filippo, Enrico ; Geraci, Elena ; Giustolisi, Francesco ; Guazzoni, Paolo ; Hong, Su ; Peirong, Gong ; Iacono-Manno, Marcello ; Lanzalone, Gaetano ; L

Author_Institution

Ist. di Fisica Cosmica, CNR, Milan, Italy

Volume

49

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

334

Lastpage

338

Abstract

The CHIMERA 4π detector trigger system is described. The trigger decisions are based on a combination of geometrical multiplicity of detected particles and other logic signals. The trigger can manage the buffer memory of the used analog to digital converters. This allows performance of parallel data conversion and readout and substantial improvement of the acquisition system dead-time performances. The trigger module generates all the necessary gate signals for the converters and the control signals necessary to synchronize the readout. It also allows the remote control of the whole system

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; application specific integrated circuits; data acquisition; logic circuits; nuclear electronics; photodiodes; physical instrumentation control; preamplifiers; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; solid scintillation detectors; trigger circuits; ADC; CHIMERA; MUSE; Si-Cs(Tl); acquisition system dead-time performance; buffer memory; charged particle array; detector trigger system; gate signals; geometrical multiplicity; integrated trigger-readout control system; logic signals; parallel data conversion; photodiode readout; preamplifiers; silicon-CsI(Tl) telescopes; trigger decisions; trigger module; Analog-digital conversion; Control systems; Data acquisition; Data conversion; Detectors; Helium; Laboratories; Logic; Memory management; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2002.1003732

Filename

1003732