Title :
AMBRA: A Multi-Event Buffering and Readout ASIC for the Silicon Drift Detectors of the ALICE Experiment
Author :
Mazza, Giovanni ; De Remigis, Paolo ; Kloukinas, Kostas
Author_Institution :
Ist. Naz. di Fis. Nucleare sezione di Torino, Turin
Abstract :
This paper describes a multi-event buffering and readout ASIC used in the front-end electronics for the silicon drift detectors (SDDs) of the ALICE experiment. The ASIC, named AMBRA, provides a number of control functions, mainly baseline equalization, first level data compression and a four event buffering to the data read-out of the SDD. It also controls the data and configuration flow between the front-end electronics and the data acquisition circuits.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; application specific integrated circuits; data acquisition; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; ADC conversion; ALICE experiment; AMBRA architecture; SDD; baseline equalization; data acquisition circuits; first level data compression; front-end electronics; multievent buffering; readout ASIC; silicon drift detectors; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Cables; Data acquisition; Data compression; Design for testability; Detectors; Particle tracking; Preamplifiers; Silicon; Data processing; design for testability; flow control; radiation detector circuits;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2008.2001556
