2016/12/15 by D. A. Sweigart, David A. Sweigart, Sweigart, David A.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies #physics.ins-det
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1612.05145
Contribution to the Proceedings of ICHEP 2016
arxiv created 2016/12/15 · openalex publication_date 2016/12/15 · arxiv updated 2016/12/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present the design of a new μTCA-based waveform digitizer, which will be deployed in the Muon g-2 experiment at Fermilab and will allow our pileup identification requirement to be met. This digitizer features five independent channels, each with 12-bit, 800-MSPS digitization and a 1-Gbit memory buffer. The data storage and readout along with configuration are handled by six Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGAs. In addition, the digitizer is equipped with a mezzanine card for analog signal conditioning prior to digitization, further widening its range of possible applications. The performance results of this design are also presented, highlighting its 0.51 ± 0.13 mV intrinsic noise level and < 22 ps intrinsic timing resolution between channels. We believe that its performance, together with its flexible design, could be of interest to future experiments in search of a cost-effective waveform digitizer.