TARGET: toward a solution for the readout electronics of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

L. Tibaldo∗a, J. A. Vandenbrouckeb, A. M. Alberta, S. Funkca, T. Kawashimad , M. Krausc, A. Okumurade, L. Sapozhnikova, H. Tajimad , G. S. Varner f , T. Wub, A. Zinkc, for the CTA consortium† E-mail: ltibaldo@slac.stanford.edu a Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA b Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA c Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany d Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan e Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, P.O. Box 103980, D 69029 Heidelberg, Germany f Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA