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GBT20, a 20.48 Gbps PAM4 Optical Transmitter Module for Particle Physics Experiments
B. Deng, L. Zhang, C. -P. Chao +14
We present a pluggable radiation-tolerant 4-level Pulse-Amplitude-Modulation (PAM4) optical transmitter module called GBT20 (Giga-Bit Transmitter at 20 Gbps) for particle-physics e…
The design and test results of A Giga-Bit Cable Receiver (GBCR) for the ATLAS Inner Tracker Pixel Detector
L. Zhang, D. Gong, T. Liu +12
This paper presents the design and test results of a Gigabit Cable Receiver ASIC called GBCR for the HL-LHC upgrade of the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) pixel detector. Three prototype…
A High-resolution Clock Phase Shifter Circuitry for ALTIROC
X. Huang, C. de La Taille, D. Gong +6
A high-resolution clock phase shifter is implemented to adjust the phase of multiple clocks at 40 MHz, 80 MHz, or 640 MHz in the ALTIROC chip. The phase shifter has a coarse-phase…
A 40 Gbps Optical Transceiver for Particle Physics Experiments
B. Deng, X. Huang, H. Sun +12
We present the design and the test results of a quad-channel optical transceiver module (QTRx) possibly for future particle physics experiments. The transmitters of QTRx, each at 1…
A prototype optical link board with redundancy design for the ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter Phase-2 upgrade
X. Huang, C. Liu, A. Deiana +9
A prototype optical-link board has been developed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-2 upgrade. The board consists of 24 lpGBT chips and 8 VTRx+ modules and demonstrates…
A 20 Gbps PAM4 Data Transmitter ASIC for Particle Physics Experiments
L. Zhang, E. M. Cruda, C-P. Chao +22
We present the design and test results of a novel data transmitter ASIC operating up to 20.48 Gbps with 4-level Pulse-Amplitude-Modulation (PAM4) for particle physics experiments.…
The Phase-I Trigger Readout Electronics Upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeters
G. Aad, A. V. Akimov, K. Al Khoury +195
The Phase-I trigger readout electronics upgrade of the ATLAS Liquid Argon calorimeters enhances the physics reach of the experiment during the upcoming operation at increasing Larg…
QTIA, a 2.5 or 10 Gbps 4-Channel Array Optical Receiver ASIC in a 65 nm CMOS Technology
H. Sun, X. Huang, C. -P. Chao +14
The Quad transimpedance and limiting amplifier (QTIA) is a 4-channel array optical receiver ASIC, developed using a 65 nm CMOS process. It is configurable between the bit rate of 2…
Quality control tests of the front-end optical link components for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-1 upgrade
B. Deng, J. Thomas, L. Zhang +28
We present the procedures and results of the quality control tests for the front-end optical link components in the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-1 upgrade. The components i…
Characterization and quality control test of a gigabit cable receiver ASIC (GBCR2) for the ATLAS Inner Tracker Detector upgrade
W. Zhang, C. Chen, D. Gong +10
We present the characterization and quality control test of a gigabit cable receiver ASIC prototype, GBCR2, for the ATLAS Inner Tracker pixel detector upgrade. GBCR2 equalizes and…
Characterization of the CMS Endcap Timing Layer readout chip prototype with charge injection
H. Sun, D. Gong, W. Zhang +10
We present the characterization of a readout Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) for the CMS Endcap Timing Layer (ETL) of the High-Luminosity LHC upgrade with charge inj…
A novel quad-channel 10 Gbps CMOS VCSEL array driver with integrated charge pumps
X. Huang, D. Gong, D. Guo +14
We present a novel design and the test results of a 4-channel driver for an array of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs). This ASIC, named cpVLAD and fabricated in a 6…
Optical transceivers for event triggers in the ATLAS phase-I upgrade
L. Zhang, C. Chen, I. Cohen +16
The ATLAS phase-I upgrade aims to enhance event trigger performance in the Liquid Argon (LAr) calorimeter and the forward muon spectrometer. The trigger signals are transmitted by…
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…
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…
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…
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 4-Channel 10-Gbps/ch CMOS VCSEL Array Driver with on-chip Charge-pumps
X. Huang, D. Gong, Q. Sun +15
We present the design and test results of a 4-channel 10-Gbps/ch Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser array driver, the cpVLAD. With on-chip charge-pumps to extend the biasing he…
A gigabit transceiver for the ATLAS inner tracker pixel detector readout upgrade
C. Chen, V. Wallangen, D. Gong +12
This paper presents the design and simulation results of a gigabit transceiver Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) called GBCR for the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) Pixel de…
A TOSA/ROSA-Based Optical Transmitter (MTx+)/Transceiver (MTRx+) for High-Energy Physics Experiments
B. Deng, X. Zhao, W. Zhou +13
We present a dual-channel optical transmitter (MTx+)/transceiver (MTRx+) for the front-end readout electronics of high-energy physics experiments. MTx+ utilizes two Transmitter Opt…
Characterization of a gigabit transceiver for the ATLAS inner tracker pixel detector readout upgrade
C. Chen, D. Gong, D. Guo +12
We present a gigabit transceiver prototype Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), GBCR, for the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) Pixel detector readout upgrade. GBCR is designed…
Design and hardware evaluation of the optical-link system for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-II Upgrade
B. Deng, C. Liu, D. Gong +7
An optical link system is being developed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-II upgrade. The optical link system is responsible for transmit the data of over 182 thousand…
First results on ProtoDUNE-SP liquid argon time projection chamber performance from a beam test at the CERN Neutrino Platform
DUNE Collaboration, B. Abi, A. Abed Abud +987
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a single-phase liquid argon time projection chamber with an active volume of m. It is installed at the CERN Neutrino Plat…
Prototyping of a 25 Gbps optical transmitter for applications in high-energy physics experiments
C. -P. Chao, S. -W. Chen, D. Gong +10
Development of optical links with 850 nm multi-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) has advanced to 25 Gbps in speed. For applications in high-energy experiments,…