Architecture and implementation of the front-end electronics of the time projection chambers in the T2K experiment

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 406-411

  Baron, P ^a   Besin, D ^a   Calvet, D ^a   Coquelet, C ^a   De La Broise X ^a   Delagnes, E ^a   Druillole, F ^a   Le Coguie, A ^a   Monmarthe, E ^a   Zonca, E ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Fast networks; FPGA; Front end electronics; Switched capacitor arrays

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MEMORIES; BURSTINESS; DETECTOR CHANNELS; DIGITAL MEMORY; FRONT END ELECTRONICS; GASEOUS DETECTORS; GIGABIT ETHERNET; KEY ELEMENTS; LOW POWER BUDGET; MICRO PATTERN; MULTI-GIGABIT OPTICAL LINKS; NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS; REAL TIME; SWITCHED CAPACITOR ARRAY; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETECTORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ETHERNET; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); PARTICLE DETECTORS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

EID: 77951175778     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2035313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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