GBT based readout in the CBM experiment

The CBM experiment at FAIR will use GBTX and Versatile Link based readout systems for several of its subdetectors. The paper describes the GBT based readout concept in CBM, emphasizing the common features among systems. Particular choices and features of the readout are motivated mainly by the requirements in the readout of the silicon tracking system (STS). Common developments like a common CBM readout board are presented. The prototype board provides full GBT functionality for all systems, can be interfaced to various prototype readout chains and be refined for later detector specific versions.

[1]  Ralf Rapp,et al.  The CBM physics book : Compressed baryonic matter in laboratory experiments , 2011 .

[2]  H. Deppe,et al.  The GSI Event Driven TDC ASIC GET4 V1.23 , 2014 .

[3]  Tony Weidberg,et al.  The Versatile Link common project: feasibility report , 2012 .

[4]  Robert Szczygiel,et al.  Front-end readout electronics considerations for Silicon Tracking System and Muon Chamber , 2016 .

[5]  L. Meder,et al.  A versatile small form factor twisted-pair TFC FMC for MTCA AMCs , 2017 .

[6]  Robert Szczygiel,et al.  A protocol for hit and control synchronous transfer for the front-end electronics at the CBM experiment , 2016 .

[7]  Ryszard S. Romaniuk,et al.  Versatile prototyping platform for Data Processing Boards for CBM experiment , 2016 .

[8]  Oliver Sander,et al.  A signal distribution board for the timing and fast control master of the CBM experiment , 2016 .

[9]  Junfeng Yang,et al.  The prototype readout chain for CBM using the AFCK board and its software components , 2015, Symposium on Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments (WILGA).

[10]  C. Paillard,et al.  A Gigabit Transceiver for Data Transmission in Future High Energy Physics Experiments , 2012 .

[11]  Ryszard S. Romaniuk,et al.  Design of versatile ASIC and protocol tester for CBM readout system , 2017 .

[12]  Udo Kebschull,et al.  A resilient, flash-free soft error mitigation concept for the CBM-ToF read-out chain via GBT-SCA , 2015, 2015 25th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL).

[13]  Christian J. Schmidt,et al.  The GBT-based readout concept for the silicon tracking system of the CBM experiment , 2015, Symposium on Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments (WILGA).

[14]  E. V. Atkin,et al.  Readout channel with majority logic timestamp and digital peak detector for Muon Chambers of the CBM experiment , 2016 .

[15]  M. Traxler,et al.  Electronics for the RICH detectors of the HADES and CBM experiments , 2017 .

[16]  J. M. Heuser,et al.  The Compressed Baryonic Matter Experiment at FAIR , 2011 .

[17]  Robert Szczygiel,et al.  Back-end and interface implementation of the STS-XYTER2 prototype ASIC for the CBM experiment , 2016 .

[18]  S. Feger,et al.  The GBT-FPGA core: features and challenges , 2015 .

[19]  Krzysztof Kasinski,et al.  System-level considerations for the front-end readout ASIC in the CBM experiment from the power supply perspective , 2017 .

[20]  Wolfgang Koenig,et al.  A flexible FPGA based QDC and TDC for the HADES and the CBM calorimeters , 2017 .

[21]  Federico Faccio,et al.  Development of custom radiation-tolerant DCDC converter ASICs , 2010 .

[22]  Peter Fischer,et al.  SPADIC — A self-triggered pulse amplification and digitization ASIC , 2010, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposuim & Medical Imaging Conference.