Abstract
The development of front-end systems for the ATLAS tracker at the sLHC is now in progress and the availability of radiation tolerant buck converter ASICs enables the implementation of DC to DC converter based powering schemes. The front-end systems powered in this manner will be exposed to the radiated and conducted noise emitted by the converters. The electromagnetic compatibility between DC to DC converters and ATLAS short strip tracker hybrid prototypes has been studied with specific susceptibility tests. Different DC to DC converter prototypes have been designed following a noise optimization methodology to match the noise requirements of these front-end systems. The DC to DC converter developed in this manner presents a negligible emission of noise that was confirmed by system tests on an ATLAS tracker front-end module prototype. As a result of this, power converters can now be integrated in close vicinity of front-end chips without compromising their overall noise performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | C11011 |
| Journal | Journal of Instrumentation |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Analogue electronic circuits
- Frontend electronics for detector readout
- Radiation-hard electronics
- Voltage distributions