NINO: an ultra-fast and low-power front-end amplifier/discriminator ASIC designed for the multigap resistive plate chamber

被引：308

作者：

Anghinolfi, F

Jarron, P

Martemiyanov, AN

Usenko, E

Wenninger, H

Williams, MCS ^{[1
]}

Zichichi, A

机构：

[1] CERN, PH Dept, Div EP, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

[2] Inst Theoret & Expt Phys, Moscow 117259, Russia

[3] Inst High Energy Phys, Protvino, Russia

[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, I-40126 Bologna, Italy

[5] Univ Bologna, Dipartmento Fis, Bologna, Italy

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2004年 / 533卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

resistive plate chambers; ALICE; time-of-flight; fast amplifier; discriminator; ASIC; CMOS technology;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2004.07.024

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

For the full exploitation of the excellent timing properties of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC), front-end electronics with special characteristics are needed. These are (a) differential input, to profit from the differential signal from the MRPC (b) a fast amplifier with less than 1 ns peaking time and (c) input charge measurement by Time-Over-Threshold for slewing correction. An 8-channel amplifier and discriminator chip has been developed to match these requirements. This is the NINO ASIC, fabricated with 0.25 mum CMOS technology. The power requirement at 40 mW/channel is low. Results on the performance of the MRPCs using the NINO ASIC are presented. Typical time resolution a of the MRPC system is in the 50 ps range, with an efficiency of 99.9%. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：183 / 187

页数：5