TWEPP-09 Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics

Session

Plenary Session 6 - Programmable Logic, Boards, Crates and Systems

P6

25 Sept 2009, 09:00

Institut des Cordeliers 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine (Métro Odéon) Paris, France

140. Recent Advances in Architectures and Tools for Complex FPGA-based Systems (Invited Talk)

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...

3. A flash high-precision Time-to-Digital Converter implemented in FPGA technology

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,...

78. Implementing the GBT data transmission protocol in FPGAs

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...

111. FPGA-based Bit-Error-Ratio Tester for SEU-hardened Optical Links

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...