IBIC2012 - List of Authors (Venturini, G.G.)

Paper	Title	Page
MOPA09	Comparison of Three Different Concepts of High Dynamic Range and Dependability Optimised Current Measurement Digitisers for Beam Loss Systems	66
	W. Viganò, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, G.G. Venturini, C. Zamantzas CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The first concept is based on current to frequency conversion, enhanced with an ADC for extending the dynamic range and decreasing the response time. A summary of 3 years worth of operational experience with such a system for LHC beam loss monitoring will be given. The second principle is based on an adaptive current to frequency converter implemented in an ASIC. The basic parameters of the circuit are discussed and compared with measurements. Several measures are taken to harden both circuits against single event effects and to make them tolerant for operation in radioactive environments. The third circuit is based on a fully differential integrator for enhanced dynamic range, where laboratory and test installation measurements will be presented. All circuits are designed to avoid any dead time in the acquisition and have reliability and fail safe operational considerations taken into account.

MOPA12	Characterization of a Wide Dynamic-range, Radiation-tolerant Charge-digitizer ASIC for Monitoring of Beam Losses	74
	G.G. Venturini, F. Anghinolfi, B. Dehning CERN, Geneva, Switzerland M. Kayal EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
	An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) has been designed and fabricated to provide a compact solution to digitize current signals from ionization chambers and diamond detectors, employed as beam loss monitors at CERN and several other high energy physics facilities. The circuit topology has been devised to accept positive and negative currents, to have a wide dynamic range (above 120 dB), withstand radiation levels over 100kGy and offer different modes of operation, covering a broad range of applications. Furthermore, an internal conversion reference is employed in the digitization, to provide an accurate absolute measurement. This paper discusses the detailed characterization of the first prototype: linearity, radiation tolerance and temperature dependence of the conversion, as well as implications and system-level considerations regarding its use for beam instrumentation applications in a high energy physics facility.

Paper

Title

Page

Comparison of Three Different Concepts of High Dynamic Range and Dependability Optimised Current Measurement Digitisers for Beam Loss Systems

66

W. Viganò, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, G.G. Venturini, C. Zamantzas
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The first concept is based on current to frequency conversion, enhanced with an ADC for extending the dynamic range and decreasing the response time. A summary of 3 years worth of operational experience with such a system for LHC beam loss monitoring will be given. The second principle is based on an adaptive current to frequency converter implemented in an ASIC. The basic parameters of the circuit are discussed and compared with measurements. Several measures are taken to harden both circuits against single event effects and to make them tolerant for operation in radioactive environments. The third circuit is based on a fully differential integrator for enhanced dynamic range, where laboratory and test installation measurements will be presented. All circuits are designed to avoid any dead time in the acquisition and have reliability and fail safe operational considerations taken into account.

MOPA12

Characterization of a Wide Dynamic-range, Radiation-tolerant Charge-digitizer ASIC for Monitoring of Beam Losses

74

G.G. Venturini, F. Anghinolfi, B. Dehning
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Kayal
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) has been designed and fabricated to provide a compact solution to digitize current signals from ionization chambers and diamond detectors, employed as beam loss monitors at CERN and several other high energy physics facilities. The circuit topology has been devised to accept positive and negative currents, to have a wide dynamic range (above 120 dB), withstand radiation levels over 100kGy and offer different modes of operation, covering a broad range of applications. Furthermore, an internal conversion reference is employed in the digitization, to provide an accurate absolute measurement. This paper discusses the detailed characterization of the first prototype: linearity, radiation tolerance and temperature dependence of the conversion, as well as implications and system-level considerations regarding its use for beam instrumentation applications in a high energy physics facility.