Halny: A digital signal processor based module for the readout of silicon strip detectors

E. Bana, A. Bocek, P. Jallocha, P. Kapusta, Z. Natkaniec, W. Ostrowicz, H. Pallka, M. Róańska, D. Marlow, M. Tanaka

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Abstract

We describe a four-channel, digital-signal-processor-based readout board, equipped with analog-to-digital converters. A series of identical boards work in parallel in the Belle experiment at KEK, performing a zero-suppressing readout of the silicon vertex detector. A cluster-searching algorithm executes quickly enough to allow low deadtime readout at a 500 Hz trigger rate. DSP code downloaded to the boards can be easily modified, affording a high degree of flexibility. We describe the board hardware, the algorithms employed in the experiment, and the software used to implement them.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)364-372
Number of pages9
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume469
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 21 2001

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

Keywords

  • DSP
  • Silicon strip detector
  • VME

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