Prof.
Michael Schulte
(College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin)
25/09/2009, 09:00
Programmable Logic, design tools and methods
Oral
Emerging FPGA architectures include large amounts of programmable logic and interconnect, dedicated memory, and digital signal processing slices, along with high-speed serial and parallel I/0, embedded microprocessors, integrated communication blocks, and advanced clocking capabilities. These emerging FPGA architectures and new FPGA development tools, which enable designs to be developed at a...
Dr
Salvatore Loffredo
(INFN)
25/09/2009, 09:45
Programmable Logic, design tools and methods
Oral
Time to Digital Converters (TDCs) are often required in many applications in High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Furthermore, they have been widely used in many scientific equipments such as Time-Of-Flight (TOF) spectrometers and distance measurements. Different configurations of tapped delay lines are widely used to measure sub-nanosecond time intervals both in ASIC and FPGA devices. However,...
Mr
Frederic MARIN
(CPPM)
25/09/2009, 10:10
Programmable Logic, design tools and methods
Oral
The GBT chip is a radiation tolerant ASIC that can be used to implement bidirectional multipurpose 4.8 Gb/s optical links for high-energy physics experiments. It will be proposed to the LHC experiments for combined transmission of physics data, trigger, timing, fast and slow control and monitoring. Although radiation hardness is required on detectors, it is not necessary for the electronics...
Mr
Csaba Soos
(European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN))
25/09/2009, 10:35
Programmable Logic, design tools and methods
Oral
Reliable optical links for future High-Energy Physics experiments will require components qualified for use in radiation-hard environments. To cope with radiation induced single-event upsets, the physical layer protocol will include Forward Error Correction (FEC). Bit-Error-Ratio (BER) testing is a widely used method to characterize digital transmission systems. In order to measure the BER...
