Development and Characterization of a 3.2 Gb/s Serial Link Transmitter for CMOS Image Sensors in Subatomic Physics Experiments

2018/06/18 by Quan Sun, Guangyu Zhang, Sun, Quan +37 · 1 voice
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Photonic and Optical Devices #hep-ex #physics.ins-det

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1806.06918

openalex publication_date 2018/06/18 · arxiv published 2018/06/18 · arxiv updated 2018/06/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This paper presents development and characterization of a 3.2 Gb/s serial link transmitter for CMOS image sensors. The transmitter incorporates Reed-Solomon code to achieve low error rate in the harsh environment of subatomic physics experiments. Pre-emphasis is implemented in the transmitter, allowing data transmission over low-mass cables. It is fabricated in a 0.18 μm CMOS image process as a standalone chip to characterize its performance, with the core area of 1.8 mm². A frame data rate of 3⋅10^-12 with a confidence level of 94.5% was measured through an FPGA based receiver. The measured nominal power consumption is 135 mW. The transmitter functions normally after irradiated with 4.5 Mrad TID.

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