Radiation testing campaign results for understanding the suitability of FPGAs in detector electronics

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.033

Title: Radiation testing campaign results for understanding the suitability of FPGAs in detector electronics

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SRAM based Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have been rarely used in High Energy Physics (HEP) due to their sensitivity to radiation. The last generation of commercial FPGAs based on 28 nm feature size and on Silicon On Insulator (SOI) technologies are more tolerant to radiation to the level that their use in front-end electronics is now feasible. FPGAs provide re-programmability, high-speed computation and fast data transmission through the embedded serial transceivers. They could replace custom application specific integrated circuits in front end electronics in locations with moderate radiation field. Finally, the use of a FPGA in HEP experiments is only limited by our ability to mitigate single event effects induced by the high energy hadrons present in the radiation field.

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^[1]; Camplani, A. ^[1]; Cannon, M. ^[2]; Chen, H. ^[3]; Chen, K. ^[3]; Deng, B. ^[4]; Liu, C. ^[4]; Meroni, C. ^[1]; Kierstead, J. ^[3]; Takai, H. ^[3]; Wirthlin, M. ^[2]; Ye, J. ^[4]

National Inst. for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Milan (Italy)
Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)

Publication Date:: 2015-11-19

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); National Inst. for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Milan (Italy)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Contributing Org.:: Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT (United States); Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 1354709

Report Number(s):: BNL-113816-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; R&D Project: PO 025; KA2501032

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 824; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; FPGA; Radiation; High energy physics experiment

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                    Citterio, M., Camplani, A., Cannon, M., Chen, H., Chen, K., Deng, B., Liu, C., Meroni, C., Kierstead, J., Takai, H., Wirthlin, M., and Ye, J. Radiation testing campaign results for understanding the suitability of FPGAs in detector electronics.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Citterio, M., Camplani, A., Cannon, M., Chen, H., Chen, K., Deng, B., Liu, C., Meroni, C., Kierstead, J., Takai, H., Wirthlin, M., & Ye, J. Radiation testing campaign results for understanding the suitability of FPGAs in detector electronics.  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.033.

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                    Citterio, M., Camplani, A., Cannon, M., Chen, H., Chen, K., Deng, B., Liu, C., Meroni, C., Kierstead, J., Takai, H., Wirthlin, M., and Ye, J. Thu .  
        "Radiation testing campaign results for understanding the suitability of FPGAs in detector electronics".  United States.  doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.033.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1354709.

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@article{osti_1354709,

  title        = {Radiation testing campaign results for understanding the suitability of FPGAs in detector electronics},

  author       = {Citterio, M. and Camplani, A. and Cannon, M. and Chen, H. and Chen, K. and Deng, B. and Liu, C. and Meroni, C. and Kierstead, J. and Takai, H. and Wirthlin, M. and Ye, J.},

  abstractNote = {SRAM based Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have been rarely used in High Energy Physics (HEP) due to their sensitivity to radiation. The last generation of commercial FPGAs based on 28 nm feature size and on Silicon On Insulator (SOI) technologies are more tolerant to radiation to the level that their use in front-end electronics is now feasible. FPGAs provide re-programmability, high-speed computation and fast data transmission through the embedded serial transceivers. They could replace custom application specific integrated circuits in front end electronics in locations with moderate radiation field. Finally, the use of a FPGA in HEP experiments is only limited by our ability to mitigate single event effects induced by the high energy hadrons present in the radiation field.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2015.11.033},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 824,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2015},

  month        = {11}

}

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