ELEctronics For Amplitude 'N Timing

New Pictures:

  • picture directory

    Required Documents:

  • LVS procedure for the Elefant Digitzer IC
  • LVS design flow
  • Lankford's Required Documents List -- for reviewers
  • Principle Writeup on Elefant Chip
  • Specifications for the Elefant IC
  • Elefant IC Block Diagram
  • Specifications for the Analog Receivers
  • Specifications for the Digital Receivers
  • Engineering Changes to Elefant IC
  • Engineering Changes to Analog Receivers
  • Test Plan

    Testing:

  • Test Results
  • Test Plan
  • Test procedure
  • Testing Facilities
  • Large Picture of Igor test program
  • SLAC Analog linearity trials
  • Bonding diagram
  • Top-level layout showing pad assignments

    FDR Talks:

  • FDR agenda
  • Scott Dow's talk
  • Henrik von der Lippe's talk
  • Michael Momayezi's talk
  • Schedule and Deliverables
  • Production Cost

    Suggested Documents:

  • DC Electronics Preliminary Design Requirements Document (for all DC Electronics)
  • DC Electronics System Description (for all DC Electronics)
  • DC Electronics Block Diagram (for all DC Electronics)
  • Interface Specification to DAQ
  • Amplifer Digitizer Board document
  • Requirement for Inter-trigger spacing
  • Grounding and Shielding

    Review Reports:

  • Elefant IC PDR review report
  • Drift Chamber Electronics PDRR/CDR report
  • Drift Chamber Electronics PDR report

    Published Papers and Materials on Chip Performance:

  • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, June 96 - Digitizer IC paper
  • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, June 96 - TDC IC paper
  • Tests of the FADC chippette -- J.P. Martin
  • Analog Receiver Description -- D.M. Santos

    Background Materials on Amplifier IC:

  • Amplifier IC Specification Document

    Background Materials on Pertinent Drift Chamber Performance:

  • Dynamic Range and dE/dx in the BaBAR Drift Chamber, D. Coupal, TN-95-16
  • Study of Resolution with a Leading Edge Discriminator..., D. Coupal, TN-95-15
  • Study of Data Rates and Deadtime in the Drift Chamber, D. Coupal
  • Electronics Simulation, D. Coupal

    Analog Receiver Folder:

  • Analog receiver bonding diagram
  • Analog receiver chippette layout
  • Analog receiver top level schematic pg 1
  • Analog receiver top level schematic pg 2
  • Analog receiver chipette schematics directory

    Digital Receiver Folder:

  • Digital receiver bonding diagram
  • Digital receiver chippette layout
  • Digital receiver top level schematic pg 1
  • Digital receiver top level schematic pg 2
  • Digital receiver chipette schematics directory

    Principal High Level Schematics:

  • Elefant top level - 9 page paste-up
  • Elefant top level - same as above but shrunk to one page
  • Analog receivers
  • Digital receivers
  • 8 Channel TDC top level
  • Single TDC Block
  • TDC Delay Line - 6 page paste-up
  • TDC Single Delay Element
  • TDC Decode Logic Block
  • TDC Control Logic Block
  • 8 Channel FADC top level - 4 page paste-up
  • Single FADC Block - 4 page paste-up
  • TDC/FADC/Test Multiplex - 2 page paste-up
  • Digital Control Logic - 4 page paste-up
  • DRAM top level - 4 page paste-up
  • SRAM top level - 4 page paste-up
  • Output Data Bus multiplex - 2 page paste-up
  • SRAM2 top level
  • SRAM2 Block - 4 page paste-up
  • DRAM r/w control
  • SRAM r/w control
  • Fast control logic
  • Timing generation circuit
  • TDC control voltage opamp buffer

    Schematics Folder:

  • Elefant schematic documentation - look if you dare!

    Netlists Folder:

  • Elefant netlists - for experts only!

    IC Die Photographs: (click for a larger picture):

  • *Drift Chamber Digitizer IC (1.0 MB)
  • * Eight Channel Time to Digital Converter (TDC) (1.2 MB)
  • * Flash Analog to Digital Converter (FADC) (0.2 MB)
  • * Dual-port Serial Random Access Memory (SRAM) (0.2 MB)
  • * Dual-port Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) (0.2 MB)

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