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SAMPA Chip : The New 32 Channels ASIC for the ALICE TPC and MCH Upgrades

Adolfsson, J. LU ; Pabon, A. Ayala ; Bregant, M. ; Britton, C ; Brulin, G. ; de Carvalho, Rogerio ; Chambert, V. ; Chinellato, D. D. ; Espagnon, B. and Herrera, H. D.Hernandez , et al. (2017) In Journal of Instrumentation 12(4).
Abstract

This paper presents the test results of the second prototype of SAMPA, the ASIC designed for the upgrade of read-out front end electronics of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber (TPC) and Muon Chamber (MCH). SAMPA is made in a 130 nm CMOS technology with 1.25 V nominal voltage supply and provides 32 channels, with selectable input polarity, and three possible combinations of shaping time and sensitivity. Each channel consists of a Charge Sensitive Amplifier, a semi-Gaussian shaper and a 10-bit ADC; a Digital Signal Processor provides digital filtering and compression capability. In the second prototype run both full chip and single test blocks were fabricated, allowing block characterization and full system behaviour studies. Experimental... (More)

This paper presents the test results of the second prototype of SAMPA, the ASIC designed for the upgrade of read-out front end electronics of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber (TPC) and Muon Chamber (MCH). SAMPA is made in a 130 nm CMOS technology with 1.25 V nominal voltage supply and provides 32 channels, with selectable input polarity, and three possible combinations of shaping time and sensitivity. Each channel consists of a Charge Sensitive Amplifier, a semi-Gaussian shaper and a 10-bit ADC; a Digital Signal Processor provides digital filtering and compression capability. In the second prototype run both full chip and single test blocks were fabricated, allowing block characterization and full system behaviour studies. Experimental results are here presented showing agreement with requirements for both the blocks and the full chip.

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  abstract     = {{<p>This paper presents the test results of the second prototype of SAMPA, the ASIC designed for the upgrade of read-out front end electronics of the ALICE Time Projection Chamber (TPC) and Muon Chamber (MCH). SAMPA is made in a 130 nm CMOS technology with 1.25 V nominal voltage supply and provides 32 channels, with selectable input polarity, and three possible combinations of shaping time and sensitivity. Each channel consists of a Charge Sensitive Amplifier, a semi-Gaussian shaper and a 10-bit ADC; a Digital Signal Processor provides digital filtering and compression capability. In the second prototype run both full chip and single test blocks were fabricated, allowing block characterization and full system behaviour studies. Experimental results are here presented showing agreement with requirements for both the blocks and the full chip.</p>}},
  author       = {{Adolfsson, J. and Pabon, A. Ayala and Bregant, M. and Britton, C and Brulin, G. and de Carvalho, Rogerio and Chambert, V. and Chinellato, D. D. and Espagnon, B. and Herrera, H. D.Hernandez and Ljubicic, T. and Mahmood, S. M. and Mjörnmark, U. and Moraes, D and Munhoz, M. G. and Noël, G. and Oskarsson, A. and Osterman, L. and Pilyar, A. and Read, K. and Ruette, A. and Russo, Paul and Sanches, B. C.S. and Severo, L. and Silvermyr, D. and Suire, C and Tambave, G. J. and Tun-Lanoë, K. M.M. and Noije, W. Van and Velure, A. and Vereschagin, S. and Wanlin, E. and Weber, T. O. and Zaporozhets, S.}},
  issn         = {{1748-0221}},
  keywords     = {{Analogue electronic circuits; CMOS readout of gaseous detectors; Front-end electronics for detector readout}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{04}},
  number       = {{4}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Journal of Instrumentation}},
  title        = {{SAMPA Chip : The New 32 Channels ASIC for the ALICE TPC and MCH Upgrades}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/04/C04008}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/1748-0221/12/04/C04008}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}