Development of a new TDC LSI and a VME module

Author

Arai, Yasuo ; Ikeno, Masahiro ; Iri, Sinichi ; Sofue, Tatsuya ; Sagara, Masahiro ; Ohta, Masaya

Author_Institution

Inst. of Particle & Nucl. Studies, KEK Nat. High Energy Accelerator Res. Organ., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

49

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1164

Lastpage

1169

Abstract

A new TDC LSI and a TDC VME module have been developed. The TDC LSI (called AMT-2) is developed for precision muon trackers of the ATLAS experiment. The AMT-2 chip has 24 input channels and 280-ps rms resolution. It is processed using 0.3-μm CMOS technology. The TDC module (called AMT-VME) has 64 channels and a wide timing range (∼100 μs) with a 0.78-ns/bit timing resolution. The module also contains a digital signal processor for controlling data acquisition and manipulating data. Acquired data are read out through the VME bus via a dual-port memory bank. The designs of the chip and the module are presented, and a test result is shown.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; data acquisition; digital signal processing chips; large scale integration; logic arrays; nuclear electronics; physical instrumentation control; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; semiconductor counters; system buses; timing circuits; 0.3 micron; AMT-2; AMT-VME; ATLAS experiment; CMOS technology; TDC LSI; VME bus; VME module; data acquisition control; digital readout; digital signal processor; dual-port memory bank; gate arrays; large-scale integrated circuit; precision muon trackers; time-to-digital convertor; timing resolution; wide timing range; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Data acquisition; Digital signal processors; Large scale integration; Mesons; Process control; Signal resolution; Testing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2002.1039631

Filename

1039631