The read-out driver for the ATLAS MDT muon precision chambers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 741-748

  Boterenbrood, H ^a   Jansweijer, P ^a   Kieft, G ^a   Konig A ^b   Vermeulen, J ^a   Wijnen, T ^b  

^a NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ATLAS; Detector read out; Digital signal processors; Field programmable gate arrays; LHC; Real time systems

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; DETECTOR READ-OUT; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; LHC;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; ERROR DETECTION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 33746374315     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.874307     Document Type: Article

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