Jornadas CPAN – 14 th October 2014 – Sevilla SiUB Electronics Instrumentation Development and ASIC Design Lluís Garrido Universitat de Barcelona

The Experimental HEP group at ICCUB The Experimental HEP group at ICCUB has a long record of electronic development, based on a strong collaboration with Electronic department & others: –For particle physics experiments: Calorimetry, Tracking This has produced a strong expertise on: –ASIC design (new chips) –Control systems –Data Acquisition systems –With harsh conditions: radiation, cooling, power, frequency, etc. Key points: –No constant working level ( peaks at detector construction, upgrades, test …) –Budget fluctuations (actually decreasing) –Experienced engineers and technicians based mainly on temporary contracts We want to keep and exploit this expertise. Solution: (I) extend fields of application: –For astroparticle experiments: Cherenkov –Future experiments: Silicon Tracker –Medical imaging: Silicon PMTs –Other applications (II) under a given structure: SiUB 20/10/20142Introduction to SiUB

ORIGIN 20/10/20143Introduction to SiUB

The origin of SiUB SiUB was proposed by: –Experimental HEP of ICCUB (icc.ub.edu) –Biomedical engineering of IBEC (ww.ibecbarcelona.eu) –RF and microwave electronics (rf.el.ub.edu) SiUB: Finally approved in October 2013 The unit seeks to combine efficiency and innovation –Experienced engineers and technicians work on project execution following industrial quality procedures, –Associate researchers provide state of the art knowledge in their respective fields In order to provide Service on instrumentation design, development and test to –Research groups of the UB –External research institutes –Industry Technology Transfer 20/10/20144Introduction to SiUB

5 The origin of SiUB 5 Science Technology

WHO 20/10/20146Introduction to SiUB

Organization /10/2014Introduction to SiUB First contracts have been signed –Internal, external and with companies –Personnel has been contracted by SiUB –Permanent positions have been requested Technical personnel: –5 electronic engineers + 1 physicist –PhD and diploma thesis students

WHAT 20/10/20148Introduction to SiUB

(µ)electronics design 9 9 Resources and experience on design  Physical simulations  Microelectronics: ASIC and FPGA  Cards and systems  RF electronics: discrete and ASIC Experience with many EDA design tools  IC design: Cadence Design FrameWork II  Digital Design: Synopsys, Altera  PCB design: Altium, PCAD, Mentor  RF design: ADS  Physical simulators: Ansys and ADS momentum  Signal processing: Matlab, Octave

Closer to Research 10 ASICs for CTA:  Low noise and high dynamic range preamplifier for photomultiplier tubes AMS SiGe BiCMOS 0.35 µm Signal conditioning and  amplification AMS CMOS 0.35 µm FlexToT Readout circuit for SiPM arrays SiGe BiCMOS 0.35um LHCb SPD: amplification, shaping, and discrimination. AMS BICMOS 0.8 um, radiation tolerant LHCb calo upgrade: analog signal processing. Radiation tolerant AMS SiGe BiCMOS 0.35 µm

Key projects: LHCb Design of the Front End electronics of the first detector of the calorimeters: 100 acquisition cards of 64 channels 800 ASICs (8 ch) Slow control system High speed links (2.5 GB/s)

12 Key projects: LHCb-SPD  Analog Processing + Digital Control  Signal range: 1 pC (1 V) (1 MIP ~ fC)  Electronics resolution 2 fc  Radiation tolerant design  Guard rings for SEL prevention  Triple Voting Register (TVR) for SEU. Radiation qualification: Using a krypton beam we have qualified this ASIC TID: tested up to 20krad: OK After extrapolation to LHCb environment: SEU rate is acceptable (3 SEU/year for 6Kch) No SEL (<1 SEL/20 years) AMS BiCMOS 0.8  m - 8 dual channels – 30mm 2 Designed in collaboration with the electronics department (UB) NIM (A, 551/ ) 1500 ASICs produced and tested

20/10/2014 Key projects: LHCb upgrade-ICECAL ICECALv3 chip: SiGe BiCMOS 0.35um AMS 10.5 mm 2 12 bit 40 MS/s 13

14 Key projects: CTA How CTA aims to extend energy range and increase sensitivity? Large array (>1 km 2 )of Cherenkov telescopes (50-100) Different sizes: dish from 6 to 24 m Camera and electronics must be optimized in terms of Performance Cost and reliability: integration 14

20/10/2014 PACTAv1.4 chip 2 mm 2 QFN32 package Back from foundry Oct Preamplifier x PMT (PACTA) Double transimpedance gain: 1.2kΩ (HG) and 80 Ω (LG) Dynamic range > 15 bits NSS11 & JINST 2400 ASICs to be received and tested for first LST camera For full observatory about ASICs would be produced Single photoelectron at very low PMT gain: 40K Patented Key projects: CTA 15

20/10/2014 Tests with SiPM Low Zin current mode circuit are well suited for SiPM readout DC coupling without external components We just took an available MPPC (S P) 1 V overvoltage Recovery time seems to be dominated by internal SiPM time constant 20 ns Key projects: CTA

A Flexible ASIC for SiPM (PET, SPECT, Compton)  Novel current mode input stage  Time resolution forToF (< 200 ps FWHM)  Time over Threshold RO  No ADC Patented FlexToT 16 channel SiGe BiCMOS 0.35um Aaustriamicrosystem 10 mm V (10 mW/ch) QFN 64 2 contributions in 2013 NSS Key projects: medical imaging (PET) COLLABORATING WITH CIEMAT 17

Excellent energy and time resolution: ToF Key projects: medical imaging (PET) 18

Working on Scientific instrumentation –LHCb upgrade: readout electronics for calorimeter and tracking –CTA: photon detector readout –Design of GAPDs for pixel tracking detectors Technology transfer: –FlexToT PET ASIC project (with CIEMAT, measure time and energy, 2 patents) –Several companies … –ICFO Extended collaborator network –CIEMAT, CNM,CERN,IN2P3/CEA,MPI –ICRR/Tokyo University, LAA 20/10/201419Introduction to SiUB

HOW TO COLLABORATE 20/10/201420Introduction to SiUB

Collaborating Partners in scientific and technological projects –Fundamental physics (particle physics, astrophysics), detector technology and space –Bioengineering –Communications and EMC Willing to provide electronics instrumentation and ASIC design and test service to other research institutes –Through SiUB service Technology transfer and service for companies: –Through SiUB service 20/10/201421Introduction to SiUB CONTACT ICC-UB director: Lluís Garrido SiUB scientific director: Ricardo Graciani SiUB technical director: David Gascon