A custom VLSI chip for MWPC readout

Author

Lin, F. ; Burlingame, E. ; Mani, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-5 Nov 1994

Firstpage

715

Abstract

This 16-channel application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is designed for reading out multi-wire proportional chambers (MWPC´s) or other similar large linear detector arrays. The data consist of a time-stamp and channel address for each hit, shipped out sequentially on a data bus. A prototype circuit, fabricated in the HP 1.2 μm, double metal, one polysilicon process performs at a system clock of 33.3 MHz. The power supply voltage has been kept at 3 V for lower crosstalk. The logic design, layout considerations and performance characteristics are presented

Keywords

VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; detector circuits; logic design; multiwire proportional chambers; nuclear electronics; proportional counters; 3 V; 33.3 MHz; MWPC readout; application specific integrated circuit; channel address; custom VLSI chip; data bus; layout considerations; logic design; multi-wire proportional chambers; performance characteristics; polysilicon process; power supply voltage; time-stamp; Application specific integrated circuits; Clocks; Crosstalk; Detectors; Logic design; Power supplies; Prototypes; Sensor arrays; Very large scale integration; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2544-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474510

Filename

474510