A flexible demonstrator system for the ATLAS level-1 calorimeter trigger
- Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom); and others
The proposed level-1 calorimeter trigger system for ATLAS relies upon several key technologies which we have been testing in a demonstrator programme. We describe here the final phase of this programme, which concentrates on crucial aspects of high-speed data transmission inherent in the trigger architecture while operating with signals from prototype ATLAS calorimeters. The 36-channel trigger demonstrator system has been designed to provide a flexible infrastructure for the study of alternative techniques of communication between the calorimeters and the trigger processor, including both analogue links and high-speed digital optical and electrical links operating at up to 1.6 Gbaud. Data fan-out at 160 Mbit/s between trigger processor modules using serializing Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) driving transmission-line backplanes is also evaluated. A programmable timing system re-synchronizes all channels before pipeline processing by ASICs executing an electromagnetic cluster-finding algorithm. Some preliminary results are presented from the operation of this demonstrator system installed in the ATLAS test-beam at CERN.
- OSTI ID:
- 512993
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-961123-; TRN: 97:014053
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference, Anaheim, CA (United States), 2-9 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 1996 IEEE nuclear science symposium - conference record. Volumes 1, 2 and 3; Del Guerra, A. [ed.]; PB: 2138 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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