BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 1 NINO, an ultra-fast, low- power, front-end amplifier discriminator (developed for the Time-Of-Flight experiment in ALICE) F. Anghinolfi, P. Jarron, CERN F. Krummenacher, Smart Silicon System, Lausanne E. Usenko, IHEP Protvino M.C.S. Williams, INFN Bologna
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NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator (developed for the Time-Of-Flight experiment in ALICE). F. Anghinolfi, P. Jarron, CERN F. Krummenacher, Smart Silicon System, Lausanne E. Usenko, IHEP Protvino M.C.S. Williams, INFN Bologna. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 1
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
(developed for the Time-Of-Flight experiment in ALICE)
F. Anghinolfi, P. Jarron, CERN
F. Krummenacher, Smart Silicon System, Lausanne
E. Usenko, IHEP Protvino
M.C.S. Williams, INFN Bologna
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 2
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
500fC average charge, up to few pC.
Typical threshold at 50fC.
< 3000 el. Noise @ 10pF Cdet
Tunable input impedance (40-75)
NINO Electronic channel
Differential cathode-anode signal.
LVDS outputs
1ns front edge delay vs. input
< 25 ps rms front edge time jitter
Pulse width variable with input charge
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 3
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
• Common gate circuit with very high bandwidth (<1ns peaking time)
• The input charge is flowing through the output load, while the input impedance is low
• Input impedance (1/gmsb) is tuned to match the impedance of detector signal transmission lines
• Stable (no signal feedback, fully differential circuit)
Input stage (half of fully differential circuit)
Input Impedance (1/gmsb)
v=ZL.i
Very fast MRPC signal (100ps rise
time)
Input stage
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 4
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
Input stage biasing circuit
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RpMML
WKn
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Rp Source impedance of M2
Current expression
Rp
IL
WKn
GmM
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2
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.2
1/1
If M=2
Channel input device is same size and bias as M2
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 5
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
• Low bandwidth feedback circuit to control input stage common mode DC settings
• Th+/Th- are external inputs (voltages) to create current imbalance on input stage differential branches
Diff pair outputs senseInput stage currents
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 6
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NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
• Fully differential structure from input to output
• Gain is obtained by 4 consecutive stages as . High bandwidth low gain stages (G=6, BW=500Mhz)
• Last stage is a open-drain differential pair to provide LVDS like outputs
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i1 i2 Diff pair outputs sense
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 7
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
• Input stage, DC condition and Threshold setting
2
• Gain is obtained by 4 cascaded high bandwidth low gain stages (G=6, BW=500Mhz)
Fully differential structure from input to output
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 8
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
Simulation results
Input stage Channel Outputs
100 fC to 2.1pC input charge, 50fC threshold20 fC to 200fC input charge
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 9
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
Delay and Width Time Measurement (test bench)
NINO channel delay is only a fraction of
this delay measurement
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 10
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
Pulse Width Measurement vs. Simulation (test bench)
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 11
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
Time Jitter Measurement (test bench)
Differential output jitter snapshot
200 ps
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 12
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
Time slewing versus input charge (test beam, with MRPC detector)
Pulse width measurement can be used for time walk correction
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 13
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
Time resolution and efficiency (test beam, with MRPC detector)
Beam spot 14.4ps
MRPC 25ps
NINO 20ps
HPTDC 21.2ps
Contributions to 41ps resolution
99.9%
Quoted < 5ps now
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 14
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator
• IBM 0.25 m CMOS technology• 8 channels, 2x4 mm2 chip• Channel power is 27mW• Time resolution <5ps rms• Delay time 1ns• Pulse Width 2 to 8ns (or 16 to 21ns)• 3000 el. Noise @ Cdet=10pF
The NINO ASIC bonded to the PCB
BCM 10-03-2006 F. Anghinolfi CERN Slide 15
NINO, an ultra-fast, low-power, front-end amplifier discriminator