A commercially available A commercially available digitization systemdigitization system
Fotiou Andreas
Andreas Fotiou
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General features
Technical measurements
Tests with Optical Modules
Conclusions
3 Key features of BenKey features of BenNUEYNUEY CardCard
Up to 12 channels with12-bit 250MSPS analog capture per channel.
64-bit/33MHz PCI Interface.
Four Gigabit Ethernet ports with dedicated Quad PHY device.
8 Mbytes of ZBT Memory.
Low consumption.
4BenNUEY Functional BenNUEY Functional DiagramDiagram
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5 Key features of BenADC Key features of BenADC cardcard
Quad 12-bit 250MSPS analog capture channels.
On-board Xilinx Virtex-4 User FPGA (supporting SX55, LX100 or LX160).
±725 mV maximum input signal range.
Two dedicated onboard module oscillators:– 200 and 250 MHz Oscillators.
External clock input.
16MBytes of DDR-II SRAM.
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BenADC Physical Layout (Top)BenADC Physical Layout (Top)
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BenADC Physical Layout (BenADC Physical Layout (BottomBottom))
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8BenNUEY Physical Layout BenNUEY Physical Layout (Top)(Top)
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9BenNUEY Physical Layout BenNUEY Physical Layout (Bottom)(Bottom)
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10The clock management The clock management systemsystem
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General features
Technical measurements
Tests with Optical Modules
Conclusions
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Type of measurements Type of measurements
Distortion measurements- Amplitude distortion
- Rise time distortion
Power consumption measurements The host of the system was a pentium m based
PC.
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Block diagram of the setupBlock diagram of the setup
Negative triangular pulses of various amplitudes with 17ns FWHM were used.
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Amplitude distortionAmplitude distortion
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Rise time distortionRise time distortion
16System Power System Power ConsumptionConsumption
Status Card Consumption(Watt)
Idle mode 91 card sampling (4 CH)
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2 cards sampling (8 CH)
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3 cards sampling (12 CH)
59*
* Estimated value* Estimated value
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General features
Technical measurements
Tests with Optical Modules
Conclusions
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A trigger algorithm has been implemented in VHDL. The basic parameters are:
Threshold Coincidence window Majority Total recording time Pro-event recording time
Most of the parameters can change via software (Tcl, C).
Coincidence window length requires firmware modifications.
Trigger implementationTrigger implementation
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• Coincidence window: 60 ns (15 samples).
• Total recording time: 512 ns (128 samples).
• Pro-event recording time: 64ns (16 samples).
• Different majority number and threshold levels were applied.
Test run parameters Test run parameters
20Majority 2, threshold -30 Majority 2, threshold -30 mV mV
21Majority 3, threshold -30 Majority 3, threshold -30 mV mV
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Majority 4, threshold -30 mVMajority 4, threshold -30 mV
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Majority 2, threshold -120 mVMajority 2, threshold -120 mV
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Majority 3, threshold -120 mVMajority 3, threshold -120 mV
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General features
Technical measurements
Tests with Optical Modules
Conclusions
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ConclusionsConclusions
• Simultaneous 12-channel 250MSPS continuous digitizing system
• Dead time free between triggers
• Less than 15% distortion in rise time and less than 3% in amplitude
• Low power consumption
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ThanksThanks
Special thanks to the Nallatech company, which loaned us this card for 3 months.
Company’s website: www.nallatech.com