Efficient data transmission from silicon wafer strip detectors

Author

Cooke, Bradly J. ; Lackner, Klaus S. ; Palounek, Andrea P T ; Sharp, David H. ; Winter, Larry ; Ziock, H.-J.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

39

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1254

Lastpage

1258

Abstract

An architecture for on-wafer processing is proposed for central silicon-strip tracker systems as they are currently designed for high energy physics experiments at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), and for heavy ion experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The authors discuss a concrete example which is based on the preliminary design for a central silicon tracker. The complete digital information generated on a silicon wafer for use in the silicon tracker system can be compressed by as much as a factor of 40. A set of data which completely describes the state of the wafer for low occupancy events and which contains important statistical information for more complex events can be transmitted immediately. This information could be used in early trigger decisions. Additional data packages which complete the description of the state of the wafer vary in size and are sent through a second channel

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; semiconductor counters; silicon; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; Si; Si wafer strip detectors; Superconducting Super Collider; complete digital information; data packages; early trigger decisions; heavy ion experiments; high energy physics experiments; low occupancy events; on-wafer processing; second channel; statistical information; Data communication; Detectors; Event detection; Laboratories; Packaging; Particle tracking; Silicon; Strips; Tagging; Trajectory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.173186

Filename

173186