Detector Readout Electronics
Pre Amplifiers
VV50 is a discrete charge sensitive pre-amplifier with configurable peaking time and gain. It is designed for negative input signals whereas the output signal polarity may be configured. Input and output are AC coupled.
CDT has designed the detectors for neutron instrumentation around the 64 channel charge sensitive readout ASIC CIPix 1.1 designed and developed at the ASIC laboratory of Universität Heidelberg. The pre-amplifier and shaper circuitry was developed by Dr. Ulrich Trunk for the HELIX chip and later transfered to the CIPix.
DAQ Electronics
CASCADE DAQbox is an FPGA based interface and processing device with a USB-data and control link to an operating PC that can be configured for detector readout and experimental control.
The CDRS System is the successor of the classical DAQbox using a Xilinx Serial 6 Spartan device and can operate with up to four ASICs.
The CDRE System is employing the Xilinx Serial 7 Artix device. It is envisioned to comply with ESS DAQ necessities and is equipped with a high performance jitter cleaning device that will allow the distribution and synchronization of a global time stamp to the CDRE devices in the field.