Publications (35)
A Low-Power, Low-Latency, Dual-Channel Serializer ASIC for Detector Front-End Readout
Le Xiaoa, Datao Gong, Tiankuan Liu +16
In this paper, we present a dual-channel serializer ASIC, LOCx2, and its pin-compatible backup, LOCx2-130, for detector front-end readout. LOCx2 is fabricated in a 0.25-um Silicon-…
A 10 Gbps Driver/Receiver ASIC and Optical Modules for Particle Physics Experiments
Xing Huang, Datao Gong, Suen Hou +10
We present the design and test results of a Drivers and Limiting AmplifierS ASIC operating at 10 Gbps (DLAS10) and three Miniature Optical Transmitter/Receiver/Transceiver modules…
A 20 Gbps Data Transmitting ASIC with PAM4 for Particle Physics Experiments
Li Zhang, Datao Gong, Suen Hou +9
We present the design principle and test results of a data transmitting ASIC, GBS20, for particle physics experiments. The goal of GBS20 will be an ASIC that employs two serializer…
The 120Gbps VCSEL Array Based Optical Transmitter (ATx) Development for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) Experiments
Di Guo, Chonghan Liu, Jinghong Chen +18
The integration of a Verticle Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) array and a driving Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) in a custom optical array transmitter module…
LOCld65, A Dual-Channel VCSEL Driver ASIC For Detector Front-End Readout
Wei Zhou, Datao Gong, Quan Sun +11
We present the design and the test results of a dual-channel Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) driver ASIC LOCld65 for detector front-end readout. LOCld65 is designed…
JTAG-based Remote Configuration of FPGAs over Optical Fibers
Binwei Deng, Chonghan Liu, Jinghong Chen +12
In this paper, a remote FPGA-configuration method based on JTAG extension over optical fibers is presented. The method takes advantage of commercial components and ready-to-use sof…
The Design of a High Speed Low Power Phase Locked Loop
Tiankuan Liu, Datao Gong, Suen Hou +6
The upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter readout system calls for the development of radiation tolerant, high speed and low power serializer ASIC. We have designed a phase…
A Low-Power Time-to-Digital Converter for the CMS Endcap Timing Layer (ETL) Upgrade
Wei Zhang, Hanhan Sun, Christopher Edwards +11
We present the design and test results of a Time-to-Digital-Converter (TDC). The TDC will be a part of the readout ASIC, called ETROC, to read out Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors (LGA…
Development of A 16:1 serializer for data transmission at 5 Gbps
Datao Gong, Suen Hou, Zhihua Liang +6
Radiation tolerant, high speed and low power serializer ASIC is critical for optical link systems in particle physics experiments. Based on a commercial 0.25 um silicon-on-sapphire…
LOCx2-130, a low-power, low-latency, 2 x 4.8-Gbps serializer ASIC for detector front-end readout
Le Xiao, Quan Sun, Datao Gong +14
In this paper, we present the design and test results of LOCx2-130, a low-power, low-latency, dual-channel transmitter ASIC for detector front-end readout. LOCx2-130 has two channe…
Cryogenic digital data links for the liquid argon time projection chamber
Tiankuan Liu, Datao Gong, Suen Hou +5
In this paper we present the cryogenic functionality of the components of data links for the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC), a potential far site detector technology…
The Clock Distribution System for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I Upgrade Demonstrator
Binwei Deng, Hucheng Chen, Kai Chen +14
A prototype Liquid-argon Trigger Digitizer Board (LTDB), called the LTDB Demonstrator, has been developed to demonstrate the functions of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I…
Development and Characterization of a 3.2 Gb/s Serial Link Transmitter for CMOS Image Sensors in Subatomic Physics Experiments
Quan Sun, Guangyu Zhang, Datao Gong +15
This paper presents development and characterization of a 3.2 Gb/s serial link transmitter for CMOS image sensors. The transmitter incorporates Reed-Solomon code to achieve low err…
A Complexity Agnostic Clustering Engine for Time Projection Chambers and its Implementation in FPGA
Jinyuan Wu, Michael Wang, Datao Gong
A clustering functional block implemented in field-programable-gate-array (FPGA) for time projection chambers (TPC) operating with predictable time regardless the complexity of the…
1.28 and 5.12 Gbps multi-channel twinax cable receiver ASICs for the ATLAS Inner Tracker Pixel Detector Upgrade
Chufeng Chen, Datao Gong, Suen Hou +10
We present two prototypes of a gigabit transceiver ASIC, GBCR1 and GBCR2, both designed in a 65-nm CMOS technology for the ATLAS Inner Tracker Pixel Detector readout upgrade. The f…
Active inductor shunt peaking in high-speed VCSEL driver design
Futian Liang, Datao Gong, Suen Hou +7
An all transistor active inductor shunt peaking structure has been used in a prototype of 8-Gbps high-speed VCSEL driver which is designed for the optical link in ATLAS liquid Argo…
Response of a Commercial 0.25 um Thin-Film Silicon-on-Sapphire CMOS Technology to Total Ionizing Dose
Michael P. King, Datao Gong, Chonghan Liu +7
The radiation response of a 0.25 um silicon-on-sapphire CMOS technology is characterized at the transistor and circuit levels utilizing both standard and enclosed layout devices. D…
The Latency Validation of the Optical Link for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I Trigger Upgrade
Binwei Deng, Le Xiao, Xiandong Zhao +14
Two optical data link data transmission Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), the baseline and its backup, have been designed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon (LAr) Calorimet…
Characteristics of Ge-doped Multi-Mode Fibers in Total Ionizing Dose
Datao Gong, Suen Hou, Bo-Jing Juang +9
Purpose: The fiber optical links in 850 nm band with Ge-doped multi-mode (MM) fibers are well developed for data transmission at 10 Gbps and higher. The applications in nuclear env…
R&D Towards Cryogenic Optical Links
Mark Christiansen, Raphael Galea, Datao Gong +17
A number of critical active and passive components of optical links have been tested at 77 K or lower temperatures, demonstrating potential development of optical links operating i…
High-Speed Serial Optical Link Test Bench Using FPGA with Embedded Transceivers
Annie C. Xiang, Tingting Cao, Datao Gong +6
We develop a custom Bit Error Rate test bench based on Altera's Stratix II GX transceiver signal integrity development kit, demonstrate it on point-to-point serial optical link wit…
The Analog Front-end for the LGAD Based Precision Timing Application in CMS ETL
Quan Sun, Sunil M. Dogra, Christopher Edwards +20
The analog front-end for the Low Gain Avalanche Detector (LGAD) based precision timing application in the CMS Endcap Timing Layer (ETL) has been prototyped in a 65 nm CMOS mini-ASI…
Mid-board miniature dual channel optical transmitter MTx and transceiver MTRx
Xiandong Zhao, Chonghan Liu, Datao Gong +12
We report the development of a mid-board, TOSA and ROSA based miniature dual channel optical transmitter (MTx) and a transceiver (MTRx). The design transmission data rate is 5.12 G…
Component Prototypes towards a Low-Latency, Small-form-factor Optical Link for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I Trigger Upgrade
Binwei Deng, Mengxun He, Jinghong Chen +14
This paper presents several component prototypes towards a low-latency, small-form-factor optical link designed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I trigger upgrade. A pr…
The VCSEL-based Array Optical Transmitter (ATx) Development Towards 120-Gbps Link for Collider Detector: Development Update
Di Guo, Chonghan Liu, Jinghong Chen +14
A compact radiation-tolerant array optical transmitter module (ATx) is developed to provide data transmission up to 10Gbps per channel with 12 parallel channels for collider detect…
Study of Full Parallel RS(31,27) Encoder for a 3.2 Gbps Serial Transmitter in 0.18 um CMOS Technology
Guangyu Zhang, Quan Sun, Tiankuan Liu +4
This work presents the design of an RS(31,27) Reed Solomon encoder for a 3.2 Gbps serial transmitter in 0.18 um CMOS technology. The proposed encoder is designed with a novel full…
MUX64, an analogue 64-to-1 multiplexer ASIC for the ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector
Zifeng Xu, Li Zhang, Xing Huang +11
We present the design and the performance of MUX64, a 64-to-1 analogue multiplexer ASIC for the ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD). The MUX64 transmits one of its 64 inp…
Radiation Resistance of Ge-doped Multi-Mode Fiber for Optical Links in Collider Experiments
Datao Gong, Suen Hou, Bo-Jing Juang +6
The applications of optical links in collider experiments provide the advantage of high-speed data transmission with low mass fibers over distances of a few hundred meters. Ge-dope…
A line code with quick-resynchronization capability and low latency for the optical data links of LHC experiments
Binwei Deng, Mengxun He, Jinghong Chen +10
We propose a line code that has fast resynchronization capability and low latency. Both the encoder and decoder have been implemented in FPGAs. The encoder has also been implemente…
Two low-power optical data transmission ASICs for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter readout upgrade
Le Xiao, Wei Zhou, Quan Sun +13
A serializer ASIC and a VCSEL driver ASIC are needed for the front-end optical data transmission in the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter readout phase-I upgrade. The baseline ASICs a…
The Clock and Control System for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I Upgrade
Le Xiao, Chonghan Liu, Tiankuan Liu +16
A Liquid-argon Trigger Digitizer Board (LTDB) is being developed to upgrade the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I trigger electronics. The LTDB located at the front end needs…
The Miniature Optical Transmitter and Transceiver For the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) experiments
Chonghan Liu, Xiandong Zhao, Jinghong Chen +12
We present the design and test results of the Miniature optical Transmitter (MTx) and Transceiver (MTRx) for the high luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) experiments. MTx and MTRx are Transmit…
ETROC1: The First Full Chain Precision Timing Prototype ASIC for CMS MTD Endcap Timing Layer Upgrade
Xing Huang, Quan Sun, Datao Gong +16
We present the design and characterization of the first full chain precision timing prototype ASIC, named ETL Readout Chip version 1 (ETROC1) for the CMS MTD endcap timing layer (E…
Optical Data Transmission ASICs for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) Experiments
Xiaoting Li, Gang Liu, Jinghong Chen +17
We present the design and test results of two optical data transmission ASICs for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) experiments. These ASICs include a two-channel serializer (LOCs2)…
LOCx2, a Low-latency, Low-overhead, 2 x 5.12-Gbps Transmitter ASIC for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Trigger Upgrade
Le Xiao, Xiaoting Li, Datao Gong +14
In this paper, we present the design and test results of LOCx2, a transmitter ASIC for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter trigger upgrade. LOCx2 consists of two channels and each c…