The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment
SALT, a new dedicated readout Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for the Upstream Tracker, a new silicon detector in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, has been designed and developed. It is a 128-channel chip using an innovative architecture comprising a low-power analo...
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| author | Carlos Abellan Beteta Dimitra Andreou Marina Artuso Andy Beiter Steven Blusk Roma Bugiel Szymon Bugiel Antonio Carbone Ina Carli Bo Chen Nadim Conti Federico De Benedetti Shuchong Ding Scott Ely Miroslaw Firlej Tomasz Fiutowski Paolo Gandini Danielle Germann Nathan Grieser Marek Idzik Xiaojie Jiang Wojciech Krupa Yiming Li Zhuoming Li Xixin Liang Shuaiyi Liu Yu Lu Lauren Mackey Jakub Moron Ray Mountain Marco Petruzzo Hang Pham Burkhard Schmidt Shuqi Sheng Elisabetta Spadaro Norella Krzysztof Swientek Tomasz Szumlak Mark Tobin Jianchun Wang Michael Wilkinson Hangyi Wu Feihao Zhang Quan Zou |
| author_facet | Carlos Abellan Beteta Dimitra Andreou Marina Artuso Andy Beiter Steven Blusk Roma Bugiel Szymon Bugiel Antonio Carbone Ina Carli Bo Chen Nadim Conti Federico De Benedetti Shuchong Ding Scott Ely Miroslaw Firlej Tomasz Fiutowski Paolo Gandini Danielle Germann Nathan Grieser Marek Idzik Xiaojie Jiang Wojciech Krupa Yiming Li Zhuoming Li Xixin Liang Shuaiyi Liu Yu Lu Lauren Mackey Jakub Moron Ray Mountain Marco Petruzzo Hang Pham Burkhard Schmidt Shuqi Sheng Elisabetta Spadaro Norella Krzysztof Swientek Tomasz Szumlak Mark Tobin Jianchun Wang Michael Wilkinson Hangyi Wu Feihao Zhang Quan Zou |
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| description | SALT, a new dedicated readout Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for the Upstream Tracker, a new silicon detector in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, has been designed and developed. It is a 128-channel chip using an innovative architecture comprising a low-power analogue front-end with fast pulse shaping and a 40 MSps 6-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) in each channel, followed by a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) block performing pedestal and Mean Common Mode (MCM) subtraction and zero suppression. The prototypes of SALT were fabricated and tested, confirming the full chip functionality and fulfilling the specifications. A signal-to-noise ratio of about 20 is achieved for a silicon sensor with a 12 pF input capacitance. In this paper, the SALT architecture and measurements of the chip performance are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5f1fc0f14ab4d369dc93c55cceedcf22023-11-23T12:16:59ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-12-0122110710.3390/s22010107The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb ExperimentCarlos Abellan Beteta0Dimitra Andreou1Marina Artuso2Andy Beiter3Steven Blusk4Roma Bugiel5Szymon Bugiel6Antonio Carbone7Ina Carli8Bo Chen9Nadim Conti10Federico De Benedetti11Shuchong Ding12Scott Ely13Miroslaw Firlej14Tomasz Fiutowski15Paolo Gandini16Danielle Germann17Nathan Grieser18Marek Idzik19Xiaojie Jiang20Wojciech Krupa21Yiming Li22Zhuoming Li23Xixin Liang24Shuaiyi Liu25Yu Lu26Lauren Mackey27Jakub Moron28Ray Mountain29Marco Petruzzo30Hang Pham31Burkhard Schmidt32Shuqi Sheng33Elisabetta Spadaro Norella34Krzysztof Swientek35Tomasz Szumlak36Mark Tobin37Jianchun Wang38Michael Wilkinson39Hangyi Wu40Feihao Zhang41Quan Zou42Physik-Institut, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, SwitzerlandPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandINFN Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaINFN Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyINFN Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandINFN Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAINFN Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, CH-1211 Geneve, SwitzerlandInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaINFN Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandFaculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, PolandInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAPhysics Department, Syracuse University, 900 South Crouse Ave, Syracuse, NY 13244, USAInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaInstitute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, ChinaSALT, a new dedicated readout Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for the Upstream Tracker, a new silicon detector in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment, has been designed and developed. It is a 128-channel chip using an innovative architecture comprising a low-power analogue front-end with fast pulse shaping and a 40 MSps 6-bit Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) in each channel, followed by a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) block performing pedestal and Mean Common Mode (MCM) subtraction and zero suppression. The prototypes of SALT were fabricated and tested, confirming the full chip functionality and fulfilling the specifications. A signal-to-noise ratio of about 20 is achieved for a silicon sensor with a 12 pF input capacitance. In this paper, the SALT architecture and measurements of the chip performance are presented.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/1/107ASICfront-endADCDSPPLLDLL |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Abellan Beteta Dimitra Andreou Marina Artuso Andy Beiter Steven Blusk Roma Bugiel Szymon Bugiel Antonio Carbone Ina Carli Bo Chen Nadim Conti Federico De Benedetti Shuchong Ding Scott Ely Miroslaw Firlej Tomasz Fiutowski Paolo Gandini Danielle Germann Nathan Grieser Marek Idzik Xiaojie Jiang Wojciech Krupa Yiming Li Zhuoming Li Xixin Liang Shuaiyi Liu Yu Lu Lauren Mackey Jakub Moron Ray Mountain Marco Petruzzo Hang Pham Burkhard Schmidt Shuqi Sheng Elisabetta Spadaro Norella Krzysztof Swientek Tomasz Szumlak Mark Tobin Jianchun Wang Michael Wilkinson Hangyi Wu Feihao Zhang Quan Zou The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment Sensors ASIC front-end ADC DSP PLL DLL |
| title | The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment |
| title_full | The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment |
| title_fullStr | The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment |
| title_short | The SALT—Readout ASIC for Silicon Strip Sensors of Upstream Tracker in the Upgraded LHCb Experiment |
| title_sort | salt readout asic for silicon strip sensors of upstream tracker in the upgraded lhcb experiment |
| topic | ASIC front-end ADC DSP PLL DLL |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/1/107 |
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