2. KT electronics cases Tiago Araújo Knowledge Transfer Officer
Business Development Section
Knowledge Transfer Group
CERN

3. Outline NINO MMS FEAST2 Opt. GEM GBTx Description
Technical Specifications / Features
Applications
Licenses

4. An ultra-fast differential amplifier-discriminator
NINO
Description of the Technology
An ultra-fast differential amplifier-discriminator

5. Intellectual Property
NINO
Intellectual Property
Developed at CERN under LAA project
Front-end electronics ALICE TOF detector
Used for time-of-flight measurements for particle vertex reconstruction in the ALICE experiment of the LHC collider.
NINO32 channels version, NINO board
CERN owns 100% the intellectual property
Protected by Know-how

6. NINO Innovative Features Low noise-large bandwidth input stage;
Adjustable discriminator threshold;
Adjustable input impedance;
Low delay in the amplification and high slew rate;

7. Technical Specifications
NINO
Technical Specifications
0.25um CMOS technology
Size: 2 x 4 mm2
# channels: 8
Power supply: 2.5 V
Peaking time: 1 ns
Input signal range: [100fC, 2pC]
Noise: < 5000 e- rms
Threshold: [10fC, 100fC]
Front edge time jitter: < 25ps rms
Power consumption: 30mW/channel
Differential input impedance: [40W, 75 W]
Rate: > 10 MHz

8. NINO Applications Life Sciences Medical imaging Material research
R&D licenses in Germany, UK, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Romania, China, …

9. NINO Licenses Beijing Normal University University of Glasgow2 1 4 6 7
Beijing Normal University
University of Glasgow
University of Physics SAS, Slovakia
IFINHH (Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering), Romania 2 1 5
LIP, Portugal
Universitat Politecnica Catalunya
INFN (Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Italy
LPCCAEN , France
VECC (Variable Energy Cyclotron) India
University of Delhi, India
STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Stanford Medicine, Molecular Imaging Instrumentation Laboratory
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics - India

10. MMS: Automatic Memory Management System
Description of the technology
MMS: Automatic Memory Management System
Programmable devices store configurations and/or the main application code in non-volatile memory. Harsh conditions, such as extreme temperatures or ionising radiation, can corrupt the configuration, leading to a system malfunction.
At CERN we have a huge need of high robustness electronics, mainly in the redouts, and all the electronics that goes inside the caverns and tunnels. there's twousands of FPGA's working permanently and we cant afford an error on a sigle one that would compromise the overal LHC run.

11. Technical Specifications
MMS
Technical Specifications
CERN developed a new multiple memory configuration circuit, which solves this problem and increases the reliability of a programmable system located in harsh environments. The new system can identify and bypass a corrupted memory, ensuring continuous access to the information stored.
Automatic System recovery
System update
Damage mode triggering

12. Dissemination Strategy Spectrum
MMS
Intellectual Property
Dissemination Strategy Spectrum
Patent
Electronic
Schematics
Industrial
Secret
OHL v1.2
We‘ve identified several technologies with implementations of similar concepts.
However, the disclosures do not explicitly define a second, physically separate memory chip but in most cases appear to utilise redundant memory bits of the same memory.
The simplicity of the solution makes it difficult to protect it via industrial secret, in a potential transfer. Implementing the technology in an ASIC could be an option.

13. MMS
Applications
* From CERN-NTU Screening Week, Multi-memory management system

14. FEAST2 Description With this spatial resolution it is possible to:
The R&D effort to develop DCDC converters for applications in High Energy Physics, with specific emphasis on the upgrade of LHC detectors, started at CERN around In 2008, the project was formally defined and approved by the PH management, and received also support from the EU as part of the FP7 SLHC-PP program. Work concentrated mainly on the development of a radiation-tolerant ASIC embedding both the power switches and the control circuitry, and on its integration on a DCDC module satisfying the EMC requirements of the low-noise HEP detectors at LHC. In 2013, all the different aspects of the project have reached sufficient maturity to enable the preparation of series production.
Positive and negative DCDC converter modules can now be provided to the LHC experiments. They are built around a buck converter ASIC
With this spatial resolution it is possible to:
Map volume for charge collection (depletion width)
Map collection time of charge carriers (calculation of mobilities)
Discriminate regions for drift and diffusion of charge carriers (carrier dynamics)
Calculate doping concentration of bulk, implants... (device reverse engineering)
We have an updated figure (see attached) It is centered and cropped. The DNW length is ~100 um, depth is ~ 5 um. Plot shows collection time (travelling time of slowest carrier). Histogram is limited to 20 ns to increase the contrast.

15. Technical Specifications
FEAST2
Technical Specifications
Features
Input voltage range 5 to 12V
Continuous 4A load capability
Integrated Power N-channel MOSFETs
Adjustable switching frequency 1-3MHz
Synchronous Buck topology with continuous mode operation
High bandwidth feedback loop (150KHz) for good transient performance
Over-Current protection
Under-voltage lockup
Over-Temperature protection
Power Good output
Enable Input
Selectable Power Transistor size (5/5th or 2/5th) for improved efficiency at small loads (<600mA)
Radiation tolerant, magnetic field tolerant
With this spatial resolution it is possible to:
Map volume for charge collection (depletion width)
Map collection time of charge carriers (calculation of mobilities)
Discriminate regions for drift and diffusion of charge carriers (carrier dynamics)
Calculate doping concentration of bulk, implants... (device reverse engineering)
We have an updated figure (see attached) It is centered and cropped. The DNW length is ~100 um, depth is ~ 5 um. Plot shows collection time (travelling time of slowest carrier). Histogram is limited to 20 ns to increase the contrast.

16. FEAST2
Applications
Point Of Load in distributed power systems where either radiation tolerance or magnetic field tolerance, or both, are required.
With this spatial resolution it is possible to:
Map volume for charge collection (depletion width)
Map collection time of charge carriers (calculation of mobilities)
Discriminate regions for drift and diffusion of charge carriers (carrier dynamics)
Calculate doping concentration of bulk, implants... (device reverse engineering)
We have an updated figure (see attached) It is centered and cropped. The DNW length is ~100 um, depth is ~ 5 um. Plot shows collection time (travelling time of slowest carrier). Histogram is limited to 20 ns to increase the contrast.

17. GBTx
Description
The GBTX is a radiation tolerant chip that can be used to implement multipurpose high speed ( Gb/s user bandwidth) bidirectional optical links for high- energy physics experiments. It is a highly flexible link interface chip with a large number of programmable options to enable its efficient use in a large variety of front-end applications
With this spatial resolution it is possible to:
Map volume for charge collection (depletion width)
Map collection time of charge carriers (calculation of mobilities)
Discriminate regions for drift and diffusion of charge carriers (carrier dynamics)
Calculate doping concentration of bulk, implants... (device reverse engineering)
We have an updated figure (see attached) It is centered and cropped. The DNW length is ~100 um, depth is ~ 5 um. Plot shows collection time (travelling time of slowest carrier). Histogram is limited to 20 ns to increase the contrast.

18. Optical Readout GEM Description
The Optical readout GEM is the combination between the principle of the Gas Electron Multiplier coupled with a CCD camera to record the light emitted during the electron avalanche, using the detector as a scintillating plate.
The usage of the CCD camera combined with the advance of the precision mechanics enables the very high flexibility controlling the detection area and the overall size and dimensions of the detector.
With this spatial resolution it is possible to:
Map volume for charge collection (depletion width)
Map collection time of charge carriers (calculation of mobilities)
Discriminate regions for drift and diffusion of charge carriers (carrier dynamics)
Calculate doping concentration of bulk, implants... (device reverse engineering)
We have an updated figure (see attached) It is centered and cropped. The DNW length is ~100 um, depth is ~ 5 um. Plot shows collection time (travelling time of slowest carrier). Histogram is limited to 20 ns to increase the contrast.
UV imaging, Neutron Imaging, ƴ - imaging, X-ray crystallography (1-15keV, extendable).
In terms of timing it can be: i) single event; ii) integrating mode; iii) continuous mode.

19. Optical Readout GEM Applications For whom?
The setup of the planispherical GEM is both light-weight and small in size, making it ideal for on-site real time analysis, like:
Material analysis, characterisation and evaluation
Quality control
Safety and security
For whom?
Gas and oil industry;
Pharma;
Cosmetics;
Jewelry industries;
With this spatial resolution it is possible to:
Map volume for charge collection (depletion width)
Map collection time of charge carriers (calculation of mobilities)
Discriminate regions for drift and diffusion of charge carriers (carrier dynamics)
Calculate doping concentration of bulk, implants... (device reverse engineering)
We have an updated figure (see attached) It is centered and cropped. The DNW length is ~100 um, depth is ~ 5 um. Plot shows collection time (travelling time of slowest carrier). Histogram is limited to 20 ns to increase the contrast.

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Questions

21. NINO Licences and scope: additional info
Beijing Normal University (2014) - development of readout electronics for arrays of silicon photomultipliers to be used in time- resolved fluorescence spectroscopy
LIP, Portugal (2015) – CMS TOTEM
Universitat Politecnica Catalunya (2015) – development of a LIDAR camera for 3D imaging through TOF technique
University of Glasgow (2014) – new focal plane hodoscope
University of Physics SAS, Slovakia (2014) – position sensitive scintillator