combaret_DHCAL_TILC09.ppt.pptVIP

1m2 GRPC Acquisition System C. Combaret, IPN Lyon For the EU DHCAL collaboration baret@ipnl.in2p3.fr Overview Glass RPC and semi-digital calorimetry DAQ Data format DAQ tests Injection with test capacitor functionality Cosmic run What next? Glass RPC and (semi) digital calorimetry - 1 GRPC and semi-digital calorimeter -2 Detector proposed for ILD Glass RPC and (semi) digital calorimetry - 3Hardroc v1 ASIC Glass RPC and (semi) digital calorimetry - 7View of one chain Glass RPC and (semi) digital calorimetry - 81 m2 of equipped detector DAQ presentation DAQSchematic view DAQ sample screen shot (manual mode) DAQ capabilities DAQData format DAQ Test Injection with test capacitor functionality - 1 Injections with test capacitor functionality -2 Injections with test capacitor functionality -3 Cosmic run taken one 1 slab What next? Backup slides ASICs calibration - 1 Aim : Adjust thresholds according to each channel pedestal Reduce dispersion Mean : Inject a known charge to each input of each ASIC and record the threshold at which an information has been stored in memory C. Combaret TILC09 - 16-21 april 2009 Glass RPC Very thin detector ( 3 mm) Efficient, cheap, well known from previous experiments No magnetic field effects High granularity (1cm2 pads) Electronics Embedded Thin ( 5 mm) Reduced connectivity to outside detector Very tight power budget -HV 0V Cathode coating(~10 M?/?) Glass plate (1.1mm) Chamber wall (1.2mm) Spacer (ceramic ball) Glass plate (0.7mm) Anode coating(~10 M?/?) Insulation (Mylar) Pads (copper, 1 cm2) PCB ASIC (HARDROC1) Absorber (2 cm) Grid (Steel) Gas Constraints : Large area detectors (up to 3m x 1m) Thin (RPC + electronics = 6 mm) Low cost Industrialized easily Hardroc1 chip (LAL - Orsay) Ch0 Gain Preamp +Shaper Th0 Th1 Cmp Latches Ch63 Gain Preamp +Shaper Th0 Th1 Cmp Latches SRAM Wr BCID (24) Serial out All parameters are programmed by slow control (serialized) Memory de