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SKIROC 2A

PIN Diode and Low Gain Silicium Detector Read-Out Chip

Features

  • TRL Technology Readiness Level 8 – Full system using ASIC running
  • Detector Read-Out Si PIN Diodes
  • Number of Channel 64
  • Signal Polarity Positive
  • Sensitivity Trigger on 0.2fC

Overview

SKIROC 2A is a 64-channel front-end ASIC designed to readout silicon PIN diodes. Each channel is made of a variable-gain and low-noise charge preamplifier followed by two shapers – one with a gain of 1 and the other with a gain of 10 – to provide a charge measurement from 0.2 fC up to 10 pC. A time tagging is performed by a 12-bit TDC ramp. The charges and times are stored in a 15-depth Switched Capacitor Arrays (SCA), the values of which are converted by a multi-channel 12-bit Wilkinson ADC and sent to an integrated 4 Kbytes memory. The analog value of the charge is also available on an output pin. The trigger chain is composed of a high gain fast shaper and a discriminator and allows each channel to auto trigger down to 0.2 fC. Thresholds of the 64 discriminators are set by a common 10-bit DAC and an individual 4-bit DAC per channel. Each discriminator output is sent to an 8-bit delay cell (delay time tunable between 100 ns and 300 ns) to provide the Hold signal for the SCA cells of the slow channel. The power consumption is 6.2 mW/channel and each stage can be individually shut down when not used.

Technical Specifications

Detector Read-Out

Si PIN Diodes

Number of Channels

64

Signal Polarity

positive

Sensitivity

Trigger on 0.2 fC

Timing Resolution

N/A

Dynamic Range

10 pC, Integral Non Linearity <1%

Packaging & Dimension

BGA 400 (17x17mm)

Power Consumption

6.2 mW /ch, power supply: 3.3V
power pulsing

Inputs

64 current inputs

Outputs

1 multiplexed analog charge output
12-bit charge and time measurement
Trigger 0R of the 64 discriminators

Internal Programmable Features

Common gain adjustment for the input, common trigger threshold adjustment (10 bits) and individual threshold (4 b), 12-bit charge and time measurement, 64 trigger masks, multiplexed analog output

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WWSKIROC2ABA SKIROC 2A - PIN diode and low gain silicium detector read out chip - BGA (Ball Grid Array)  

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