20–24 Sept 2010
Aachen, Germany
Europe/Zurich timezone

A 256 channel 8 bit current digitizer ASIC for the Belle-II PXD

22 Sept 2010, 11:00
25m
Aula

Aula

Oral ASICs ASICs

Speaker

Mr Jochen Knopf (Heidelberg University)

Description

The international DEPFET collaboration is developing a low mass vertex detector (PXD)for the future BELLE-II experiment at the SuperKEKB particle accelerator in Japan. The PXD is based on monolithic arrays of DEPFETs which are read out in a rolling shutter mode. The Drain Current Digitizer ASIC (DCD-B) is used for reading out this detector matrix. It provides 256 channels of Analog-Digital converters with a resolution of 7-8 bits each, running at a conversion speed of 12.5 MHz.The chip design and first measurement results will be presented.

Summary

The international DEPFET collaboration is developing a silicon pixel
vertex detector (PXD), based on monolithic arrays of DEPFET
transistors, for the future physics experiment BELLE-II at the
SuperKEKB particle accelerator in Japan. The matrix elements are read
out in a 'rolling shutter mode', i. e. rows are selected consecutively
and all columns are read out in each cycle of <100ns. Therefore, as
one of the major parts in the front-end electronics chain, the Drain
Current Digitizer ASIC (DCD-B) is used. It is now in a close-to-final
state. The chip provides 256 channels of Analog-Digital converters
with a resolution of 7-8 bits. Each converter features an individual
dynamic offset correction circuit as well as programmable gain and
bandwidth. Several operation modes using single sampling or double
correlated sampling are possible. A large synthesized digital block is
used for decoding and derandomization of the conversion results. The
data is sent out on eight 8 bit links, operating with a speed of
400MHz. Additionally, a JTAG compatible interface is implemented for
configuration and debugging purpose. Significant effort was made
reducing the power consumption of the DCD-B, since both, voltage drop
on the internal power buses and heat sources in the BELLE-II
experiment are a concern. The chip was realized on a 3.2mm x 5mm die
using the UMC 180nm CMOS technology in a multi-project run
provided by EuroPractice. An extra redistribution metal layer with
solder bump bond pads is used, allowing for flipping the chip onto the final
all-silicon DEPFET sensor module.
Several tests have been performed in order to demonstrate the chip's operation
and it's quality in terms of noise. The results will be presented.

Primary author

Mr Jochen Knopf (Heidelberg University)

Co-authors

Mr Christian Kreidl (Heidelberg University) Dr Ivan Peric (Heidelberg University) Prof. Peter Fischer (Heidelberg University)

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