Test system of the front-end readout for an application-specific integrated circuit for the water Cherenkov detector array at the large high-altitude air shower observatory

The water Cherenkov detector array (WCDA) is an important part of the large high-altitude air shower observatory (LHAASO),which is in a research and development phase.The central scientific goal of LHAASO is to explore the origin of high-energy cosmic rays of the universe and to push forward the frontier of new physics.To simplify the WCDA's readout electronics,a prototype of a front-end readout for an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is designed based on the timeover-threshold method to achieve charge-to-time conversion.High-precision time measurement and charge measurement are necessary over a full dynamic range [1-4000 photoelectrons (P.E.)].To evaluate the performance of this ASIC,a test system is designed that includes the front-end ASIC test module,digitization module,and test software.The first module needs to be customized for different ASIC versions,whereas the digitization module and test software are tested for general-purpose use.In the digitization module,a field programmable gate array-based time-todigital converter is designed with a bin size of 333 ps,which also integrates an inter-integrated circuit to configure the ASIC test module,and a universal serial bus interface is designed to transfer data to the remote computer.Test results indicate that the time resolution is better than 0.5 ns,and the charge resolution is better than 30％root mean square (RMS) at 1 P.E.and 3％ RMS at 4000 P.E.,which are beyond the application requirements.     

A new TOF system for target recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy at IMP

A high resolution time measurement system with high data transfer rate was designed for the COLTRIMS (Cold Target Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy) system in Institute of Modern Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences.It is used to measure the Time of Flight(TOF) with a high resolution for all 20 channels.Based on the PCI Extensions for Instrumentation(PXI) standard,the readout electronics system consists of one Clock-Trigger fan-out module and four TOF modules.Test results show that the system meets the demands of COLTRIMS,with a time resolution of better than 25 ps and a data transfer rate over 20 MB/s.     

高精度时间测量系统的网络读出设计与实现

设计了一种基于网络读出的多通道时间测量控制系统。该系统基于FPGA实现1 Gigabit以太网TCP服务端关键协议的逻辑设计,用于系统时间测量数据的高速传输,对于当前TOF时间测量电子学系统读出具有借鉴意义。通过对本时间测量系统进行性能分析和网络传输测试,实验结果表明:系统单通道时间测量精度好于22 ps,该1 Gigabit以太网TCP逻辑设计传输性能可达600 Mbps。     

远距离大动态范围电荷测量电路的设计

介绍了大型高海拔空气簇射观测站(Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory,LHAASO)空气簇射芯探测器阵列(Shower core detector array,SCDA)读出电子学方案的预研设计。系统采用基于电荷积分法的电荷测量方案,读出电子学通过同轴电缆接收光电倍增管输出的电流信号;采用在输入端与电荷积分放大器的虚地点之间接入等效50?电阻的终端阻抗匹配方案,并通过Pspice仿真验证该阻抗匹配的可行性。电路测试结果表明,该电路能满足远距离10 bit大动态范围电荷测量的设计指标要求。     

Readout electronics for CSR-ETF silicon strip array detector system

A readout electronics has been developed for the silicon strip array detector system of HIRFL-CSR-ETF.It consists of 48 front end electronics(FEE)boards,12 PXI-DAQ boards and one trigger board.It can implement energy and time measurements of 4608 channels.Each FEE board is based on 6 ASICs(ATHED),which implements energy and time measurements of 96 channels.The PXI-DAQ board meets requirements of high-speed counting and amount of readout channels and can process signals of 4 FEEs.The trigger board is developed to select the valid events.The energy linearity of the readout electronics is better than 0.3%in the dynamic range of 0.1-0.7V.In the test with a standard triple alpha source,the energy resolution was 1.8%at 5.48 MeV.This readout electronics enables the silicon strip array system to identify particles of A14.     

HIRFL-CSR外靶实验读出电子学预研系统

本文介绍了兰州重离子加速器冷却储存环(HIRFL-CSR)外靶实验读出电子学预研系统的设计。该系统可实现TOF墙探测器、中子墙探测器、多丝漂移室(MWDC)等的读出。基于前沿定时及使用TOT技术分别进行时间和电荷测量,从而对前沿定时带来的时间-幅度游走效应进行修正。该系统基于工业智能仪器总线PXI进行设计,提高了数据传输带宽,并保证了系统的可扩展性。目前已完成基本单元模块的实验室电子学测试,以及与探测器的初步联合测试,验证了各项功能指标。     

TU-TPC原型机电子学系统性能测试

TU - TPC(清华大学时间投影室原型机)电子学系统用于原型机输出信号所携带的电荷和时间信息的测量.系统采用基于FADC数字积分法测量电荷,选用高性能HPTDC芯片进行时间测量,具有电荷/时间分辨率高、噪声低、各通道之间串扰小等优点.首先介绍了TU- TPC电子学系统的结构特点及工作原理;其次,利用专业软件测试了电荷...     

A digitalizing board for the prototype array of LHAASO WCDA

In this paper,a digitalizing board for readout of PMT signals in the prototype array of WCDA(water Cerenkov detector array)for LHAASO(Large high altitude air shower observatory)is designed.The prototype array is composed of 9 PMTs,including the pulse time and charge measurement from the PMTs,and clock generation and trigger decision.In the digitalizing board,FPGA reconfiguration and data readout via VME bus are implemented.Test results show that the performances meet well with the requirements of readout electronics.It has been installed in Yangbajing and tests with the prototype array and DAQ is ongoing.     

Readout electronics for a high-resolution soft X-ray spectrometer based on silicon drift detector

The readout electronics for a prototype soft X-ray spectrometer based on silicon drift detector (SDD),for precisely measuring the energy and arrival time of X-ray photons is presented in this paper.The system mainly consists of two parts,i.e.,an analog electronics section (including a pre-amplifier,a signal shaper and filter,a constant fraction timing circuit,and a peak hold circuit) and a digital electronics section (including an ADC and a TDC).Test results with X-ray sources show that an energy dynamic range of 1-10 keV with an integral nonlinearity of less than 0.1％ can be achieved,and the energy resolution is better than 160 eV@5.9 keV FWHM.Using a waveform generator,test results also indicate that time resolution of the electronics system is about 3.7 ns,which is much less than the transit time spread of SDD (＜100 ns) and satisfies the requirements of future applications.     

基于SCA波形采样读出电子学的CSNS Back-n中子飞行时间测量

中国散裂中子源(CSNS)反角白光中子束线(Back-n)对中子核数据测量和核技术应用等多个领域均有重要意义。为监测其中子束斑轮廓、束流密度及束流能量,研制了由镀硼微网格气体(Micromegas)探测器构成的束流剖面监测装置,并通过测量中子的飞行时间(TOF)来获得能量信息。采用基于开关电容阵列(SCA)专用集成电路(ASIC)的波形采样电子学系统,实现了128路Micromegas探测器阳极条信号的低噪声放大、成形和波形数字化,在现场可编程逻辑门阵列(FPGA)芯片中实现了对信号过阈时间的实时测量,其量程为650 ns～10 ms,电子学时间分辨好于10 ns。在CSNS Back-n上开展实验,成功获得了中子束流剖面及10.65 μs～10 ms范围的飞行时间谱,对应的中子能量范围约为0.16 eV～0.14 MeV。利用钽、钴等吸收体进行了中子共振吸收峰的检验,验证了读出电子学系统的功能及飞行时间测量的正确性。     

γ-γ符合测量系统的新型前端读出电路研制

研制了一种新型前端读出电路,用于重离子治癌装置中符合测量原型系统的研究和测试。电路主要包括能量链、时间链和数据处理单元。能量链由截止频率7 MHz的抗混叠滤波器和模数转换器(ADC)组成,形成波形采样电路;时间链由高速比较器构成的定时甄别电路和时间数字转换器（TDC）组成;数据处理单元基于现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)设计实现。电路的线性度优于0.8%,噪声小于0.8 mV（RMS）。配合LaBr3单晶体条测试,能量分辨为4.5%（FWHM）,在与LYSO晶体阵列配合测试时,位置映射散点图清晰。该前端读出电路性能优于CAMAC系统,具有较好的实际应用前景。     

基于连续晶体的高性价比小型伽玛相机模块的设计

研究一种基于连续闪烁晶体配合位置灵敏光电倍增管(PSPMT)设计高分辨率小型伽玛相机模块的新方案。采用蒙特卡罗方法研究了压缩效应及内在空间分辨率与晶体参数的关系,进一步改进PSPMT的读出电路与定位方法,开发基于局域重心法的读出电子学电路,最后进行了成像实验测试。结果表明,基于局域重心法的读出电子学电路能够有效抑制晶体的压缩效应,晶体的空间分辨率和压缩效应都随着晶体厚度的减少而得到改善。因此,这种设计方案是可行的,其内在空间分辨率能够达到1?2mm,比采用晶体阵列有更好的性价比。     

First Operation of the CERN UA1 Central Detector

The Central Detector of the UA1 experiment at the CERN pp? Collider underwent a first physics run at the end of 1981. The detector consists of a large drift chamber assembly (25 m3, ~ 6000 sense wires). An electronics readout with multi-hit capability simultaneously digitizes the time and the analog information used for charge division and energy measurement. The initial performance of the readout and control system will also be presented. The detector was tested in two cosmic-ray runs, and is now fully operational for the second physics run; this started at the beginning of October 1982.     

CMOS low-noise switched charge sensitive preamplifier for CdTe andCdZnTe X-ray detectors

CdTe and CdZnTe X-ray detector arrays for imaging and spectroscopy provide low capacitance current sources with low leakage currents. The optimal shaping time for low-noise operation is relatively high in CMOS analog channels that provide the readout for these detectors. The shaper is centered at lower frequencies, and thus the 1/f noise from the electronics is the main noise source that limits the resolution of the channel. The optimal dimensions of the input stage MOSFET are determined by this noise. In this paper a design criterion for the optimization of the resolution and the power consumption in a 1/f noise dominated readout is introduced. A readout based on CMOS switched charge sensitive preamplifier without feedback resistor has been designed and fabricated in the CMOS 2-μ low-noise analog process provided by MOSIS. This design provides high sensitivity and the possibility to integrate a large number of channels with low power consumption. Measurements of the performance of a first prototype chip are presented     

Development of readout electronics for bunch arrival-time monitor system at SXFEL

A bunch arrival-time monitor(BAM) system,based on electro-optical intensity modulation scheme, is under study at Shanghai Soft X-ray Free Electron Laser.The aim of the study is to achieve high-precision time measurement for minimizing bunch fluctuations. A readout electronics is developed to fulfill the requirements of the BAM system. The readout electronics is mainly composed of a signal conditioning circuit, field-programmable gate array(FPGA), mezzanine card(FMC150), and powerful FPGA carrier board. The signal conditioning circuit converts the laser pulses into electrical pulse signals using a photodiode. Thereafter, it performs splitting and low-noise amplification to achieve the best voltage sampling performance of the dual-channel analog-to-digital converter(ADC) in FMC150. The FMC150 ADC daughter card includes a 14-bit 250 Msps dual-channel high-speed ADC,a clock configuration, and a management module. The powerful FPGA carrier board is a commercial high-performance Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA evaluation board. To achieve clock and data alignment for ADC data capture at a high sampling rate, we used ISERDES, IDELAY, and dedicated carry-in resources in the Kintex-7 FPGA. This paper presents a detailed development of the readout electronics in the BAM system and its performance.     

高计数率气体探测器读出电子学原型机研制

研制一套可用于高计数率气体探测器的读出电子学原型机系统,包括前端板、数据采集板和上位机。前端板采用一款先进的前端读出专用集成电路(ASIC)芯片实现对探测器信号的测量和模数转换;数据采集板利用现场可编程门阵列（FPGA）实现对数据的分析、处理和传输;上位机实现控制指令发送、PC端数据接收及存储等。在22~99 fC的输入范围内,原型机各通道积分非线性均好于024%;联合探测器使用55Fe放射源测试,结果好于相同条件下的商用电子学。可满足20 kHz计数率下GEM TPC探测器的读出需求。     

DAMPE-PSD读出电子学研制

暗物质粒子探测卫星(dark matter particle explorer, DAMPE)是我国空间科学卫星系列的首发星,用于找出可能的暗物质粒子信号。塑料闪烁体阵列探测器(plastic scintillator detector, PSD)分系统作为卫星有效载荷的主体部件之一,参与承担高能粒子电荷测量和电子/γ射线鉴别任务。PSD由82根塑料闪烁体条和164个光电倍增管（photomultiplier tube, PMT)组成,有328个输出通道,每根塑料闪烁体条的动态范围为2×103,需配备1套完备的读出电子学系统。该电子学系统由4块前端电子学（front-end electronics, FEE）板构成,共具有360个信号处理通道,总功耗6 W。电路主要包括电荷测量电路、模拟调理电路、模数变换电路、刻度电路、环境监测电路、FPGA电路、电源管理电路以及接口电路等,其主要功能是基于32路模拟信号将PMT的电荷信号输入VA160 ASIC芯片,考虑了抗辐照加固、温度设计等一系列关键问题,以确保在严酷的太空中具有长期的可靠性。测试结果表明,该FEE系统工作稳定、性能良好,具有较好的技术指标,每个电子学通道实现了0～12.5 pC的动态范围,通道的随机噪声水平好于2 fC,积分非线性好于0.6%。FEE能适应恶劣的空间环境,具有很高的可靠性。FEE配合PSD样机还分别于2014年和2015年在欧洲核子中心（CERN）的PS和SPS终端成功完成了2次束流试验,验证了PSD的探测能力完全满足任务书中提出的功能和指标要求,能很好实现实际科学任务需求。     

基于VME总线的高精度信号发生器的设计

北京谱仪(BESⅢ)的飞行时间读出电子学(TOF)对于时间信号的测量具有非常高的要求,需要对TOF时间测量电路进行严格的测试。本文介绍了用于该测试的高精度信号发生器的实现方案,该电路能够产生抖动(Jitter)小于23．623ps的脉冲信号和抖动小于12．265ps的40．000MHz时钟信号。同时,对设计中使用的关键性技术一高速高精度时钟电路和脉冲产生电路的设计进行了分析。     

北京谱仪漂移室读出电子学2×576个通道的研制

本文概述了北京谱仪漂移室读出电子学的任务,特点,比较详细地介绍了电路框图,工作原理及设计考虑,给出了作为大系统的一部分——已研制成功的576个时间通道和576个电荷通道的测试结果,收到了预期的效果。     

Multichannel acquisition system for high-resolution position-sensing silicon drift detectors

We present the design guidelines and the experimental characterization of a multichannel acquisition system that measures the amplitude and the time-of-arrival of the signal pulses delivered by position-sensing silicon drift detectors (SDDs). The readout system has been equally developed for multichannel SDDs and for controlled drift detectors (CDDs) intended for spectroscopic imaging of X-rays or charged particles. The analog section includes a very large scale integration (VLSI) front-end preamplifier and bias current generator for the on-chip JFET follower while the digital back-end is realized with 12 bit 100 MS/s 8-channel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) versa modular eurocard (VME) boards. Amplitude and time are measured by digitally processing each unipolar shaped pulse also in presence of a superposed background waveform. The VME modularity allows the expansion of the readout system up to 128 channels per VME crate. The overall linearity error is better than 0.05%, and the mean noise over all channels, expressed in terms of equivalent noise charge, is about 4 electrons r.m.s. The measured time resolution is 0.6 ns r.m.s. at a signal charge of 5000 electrons, corresponding to a position resolution of 2-3 /spl mu/m r.m.s. along the drift direction. The developed readout system has been used for X-ray imaging tests with CDDs at Sincrotrone Trieste.