This paper shows the design of a new mixed-mode chip built up of a bidimensional matrix of Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (MAPS), and of an off-pixel digital readout sparsification circuit. The mixed-mode approach extends the performance of the chip as both the matrix and the readout logic have been developed separately. In particular, the matrix of MAPS has been described with a VHDL model and used as a macro-cell block within a bigger digital design that includes the readout logic. The global placeand-route has been also digitally carried out. The design was submitted via the STM 0.13 mmCMOS technology and readout logic is based on standard cells by implementing an optimized token-like technique. The proposed fast readout architecture should extend the flexibility of the MAPS devices to be also used in first level triggers on tracks in vertex detectors. The design, which has been developed within the SLIM5 Collaboration, is aimed at overcoming the readout speed limit of future large-matrix pixel detectors for particle tracking, by matching the requirements of future high-energy physics experiments.
Proposal of a sparsification circuit for mixed-mode MAPS detectors / A. Gabrielli; G. Batignani; S. Bettarini; F. Bosi; G. Calderini; R. Cenci; M. Dell’Orso; F. Forti; P. Giannetti; M.A. Giorgi; A.Lusiani; G. Marchiori; F. Morsani; N. Neri; E. Paoloni; G. Rizzo; J. Walsh; C. Andreoli; E. Pozzati; L. Ratti; V. Speziali; M. Manghisoni; V. Re; G. Traversi; L. Bosisio; G. Giacomini; L. Lanceri; I. Rachevskaia; L. Vitale; G.F. Dalla Betta; G. Soncini; G. Fontana; L. Pancheri; G. Verzellesi; D. Gamba; G. Giraudo; P. Mereu; M. Bruschi; B. Giacobbe; N. Semprini; R. Spighi; M. Villa; A. Zoccoli. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - STAMPA. - 596:(2008), pp. 93-95. (Intervento presentato al convegno Large Scale Applications and Radiation Hardness of Semiconductor detectors tenutosi a Firenze nel 27-29 giugno 2007).
Proposal of a sparsification circuit for mixed-mode MAPS detectors
GABRIELLI, ALESSANDRO;SEMPRINI CESARI, NICOLA;SPIGHI, ROBERTO;VILLA, MAURO;ZOCCOLI, ANTONIO
2008
Abstract
This paper shows the design of a new mixed-mode chip built up of a bidimensional matrix of Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (MAPS), and of an off-pixel digital readout sparsification circuit. The mixed-mode approach extends the performance of the chip as both the matrix and the readout logic have been developed separately. In particular, the matrix of MAPS has been described with a VHDL model and used as a macro-cell block within a bigger digital design that includes the readout logic. The global placeand-route has been also digitally carried out. The design was submitted via the STM 0.13 mmCMOS technology and readout logic is based on standard cells by implementing an optimized token-like technique. The proposed fast readout architecture should extend the flexibility of the MAPS devices to be also used in first level triggers on tracks in vertex detectors. The design, which has been developed within the SLIM5 Collaboration, is aimed at overcoming the readout speed limit of future large-matrix pixel detectors for particle tracking, by matching the requirements of future high-energy physics experiments.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
