The AM++ board for the silicon vertex tracker upgrade at CDF

Author

Annovi, A. ; Bardi, A. ; Bitossi, M. ; Carosi, R. ; Dell´Orso, M. ; Giannetti, P. ; Giovacchini, P. ; Pedron, I. ; Piendibene, M. ; Sartori, L. ; Schifano, F. ; Simoni, B. ; Spinella, F. ; Torre, S. ; Tripiccione, R.

Author_Institution

Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Frascati, Italy

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1726

Lastpage

1731

Abstract

A critical element of the Silicon Vertex Tracker upgrade is a new Associative Memory (AM) ∼40 times larger than the existing one based on application-specific chips. The Associative Memory is the SVT module performing pattern recognition. We have developed a new Associative Memory board (AM++) to handle 128 application-specific chips. We describe the design, the tests, and the performances of the new AM++ for CDF.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; nuclear electronics; parallel processing; particle track visualisation; pattern matching; silicon radiation detectors; AM++ board; Associative Memory board; CDF Vertex; SVT module; Silicon Vertex Tracker Upgrade; application-specific chips; parallel processing; particle tracking; pattern matching; pattern recognition; triggering; very large scale integration; Associative memory; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Particle tracking; Pattern matching; Pattern recognition; Performance evaluation; Roads; Silicon; Testing; Parallel processing; particle tracking; pattern matching; triggering; very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.875355

Filename

1645093