The development, realization and test of an electronic data acquisition-board for the NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory (NEMO) collaboration are described. The collaboration is involved in R&D of a deep underwater km3 scale Cherenkov neutrino telescope in the southern Ionian Sea. Thousands of Optical Modules (OM), spread over the entire volume and supported by a three-dimensional structure, constitute the sensitive part of the detector. Each OM is equipped by a Photo-Multiplier Tube (PMT) and an electronic circuit for data acquisition and transmission (DAQ board). This work tries to point out the possible benefits of a hybrid solution based on an analog Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) employed for the analog acquisition, and a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a digital programmable Integrated Circuit (IC) which manages the acquisition and the data transmission.
F. M. GIORGI, GABRIELLI A., E. GANDOLFI, D. LO PRESTI, N. RANDAZZO (2008). Development realization and test of an electronic data acquisition board for the NEMO experiment. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 596, 103-106 [10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.120].
Development realization and test of an electronic data acquisition board for the NEMO experiment
GABRIELLI, ALESSANDRO;GANDOLFI, ENZO;
2008
Abstract
The development, realization and test of an electronic data acquisition-board for the NEutrino Mediterranean Observatory (NEMO) collaboration are described. The collaboration is involved in R&D of a deep underwater km3 scale Cherenkov neutrino telescope in the southern Ionian Sea. Thousands of Optical Modules (OM), spread over the entire volume and supported by a three-dimensional structure, constitute the sensitive part of the detector. Each OM is equipped by a Photo-Multiplier Tube (PMT) and an electronic circuit for data acquisition and transmission (DAQ board). This work tries to point out the possible benefits of a hybrid solution based on an analog Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) employed for the analog acquisition, and a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a digital programmable Integrated Circuit (IC) which manages the acquisition and the data transmission.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
