A Radiation-Tolerant Readout System for the ALICE Inner Tracking System Upgrade

J. Schambach; J. Alme; M. Bonora; P. Giubilato; R. Hannigan; H. Hillemanns; M. Lupi; S. V. Nesbø; A. Rehman; G. Aglieri Rinella; M. J. Rossewij; K. M. Sielewicz; A. Velure

doi:10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824419

A Radiation-Tolerant Readout System for the ALICE Inner Tracking System Upgrade

J. Schambach
, J. Alme
, M. Bonora
, P. Giubilato
, R. Hannigan
, H. Hillemanns
, M. Lupi
, S. V. Nesbø
, A. Rehman
, G. Aglieri Rinella
, M. J. Rossewij
, K. M. Sielewicz
, A. Velure

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Abstract

During the LHC Long Shutdown in 2019/20, the ALICE collaboration will upgrade various detector sub-systems including the Inner Tracking System (ITS) based on Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (MAPS) technology. The part of the upgraded ITS readout system installed in the experimental hall consists of 192 custom FPGA-based readout units that control and monitor the sensors and their power supply modules, receive the trigger and detector control information, and deliver the sensor data to the counting room. In this article, we will describe the requirements, the readout concept, the developed prototype boards, and the testing efforts to determine the system susceptibility to the expected radiation levels. In various beam tests with the readout prototypes it was determined that a readout system based on an SRAM FPGA with appropriate protection measures in both hardware and firmware can be successfully operated in the radiation environment expected.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538684948
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824419
State	Published - Nov 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Sydney, Australia Duration: Nov 10 2018 → Nov 17 2018

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Name	2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings

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Conference	2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	11/10/18 → 11/17/18

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This work was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under Grant No. DE-SC0013391.

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Schambach, J., Alme, J., Bonora, M., Giubilato, P., Hannigan, R., Hillemanns, H., Lupi, M., Nesbø, S. V., Rehman, A., Rinella, G. A., Rossewij, M. J., Sielewicz, K. M., & Velure, A. (2018). A Radiation-Tolerant Readout System for the ALICE Inner Tracking System Upgrade. In 2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings Article 8824419 (2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2018.8824419

Schambach, J. ; Alme, J. ; Bonora, M. et al. / A Radiation-Tolerant Readout System for the ALICE Inner Tracking System Upgrade. 2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. (2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings).

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2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8824419 (2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings).

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