Functional Verification for Endcap Concentrator ASICs in the High-Granularity Calorimeter Upgrade of CMS

Abstract

The High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) will replace the current CMS Endcap Calorimeter during Long-Shutdown 3. The Endcap Concentrator (ECON) ASICs represent key elements in the readout chain, processing trigger (ECON-T) and data (ECON-D) streams from the HGCROC to the lpGBT. The ECONs will operate in a radiation environment with a High-Energy Hadron ($E\ge 20MeV$) flux up to $2\cdot 10^{7}c{m}^{-2}{s}^{-1}$. This contribution describes the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)-based functional verification of the ECON ASICs focusing on the re-use of existing components to manage the complexity of the verification environment.

- TWEPP 2024 proceeding - 5 pages + title page, 2 figures