1. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 1

2. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 2  Present Photo-Detectors are Typically Single-Anode PMTs  Telescope Mirrors Focus Light onto Photo-Cathodes  PMT Signals are Digitized (8-12 Bits) using FADCs  Veritas: 500 MHz FADC Provides ~2 nS Timing The Nature of Events  Digital Calorimetry  -ray Candidate Cosmic RayMuon Instrumentation Concepts Veritas Telescope 1 Images Courtesy of Liz Hayes & Veritas

3. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 3 Instrumentation Concepts  It is Desirable to Increase the Angular Resolution of the Images  Measure Lower Energies  Reduce Background  Implies:  Smaller Pixels 0.15°  < 0.05°  More Channels for Same FOV 500 - 1000  10,000  The Technology is Here Now, and Continues to Advance:  Multi-Anode PMTs  Multi-Channel Plates  Silicon PMTs  APD’s Photo-Detectors for Next Generation Telescopes Hamamatsu H8500 64 anode PMT Pixel ~(5.8mm) 2  Common in HEP, Need R&D for Future Telescopes Burle Planacon Micro-Channel Plate 85011-501 64 anode PMT Pixel ~(6mm) 2

4. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 4 Instrumentation Concepts Photo-Detectors for Next Generation Telescopes Teststand at Argonne

5. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 5 Instrumentation Concepts  High-Density Photo-Detectors Will Require High-Density Electronics  More Circuitry per Unit Volume  Short Connections to Detector to Enhance Performance  “Level 0” Triggering - Zero-Suppress at Front End  Data Stream Out to Back-End  Need Low Power  High Channel Count Photo-Detectors for Next Generation Telescopes  Circuitry On-Board Photo-Detector The Present: Front-End Electronic Packaging for HESS  Need for Custom Integrated Circuit The Future: Front-End Electronics Mounted on Base

6. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 6 Instrumentation Concepts  Mature Technology  ASICs Have Been Around Since Mid-1980’s  7 micron  0.12 micron  CMOS, Mixed Bipolar/CMOS, Silicon Germanium, Gallium Arsenide  Multi-Project Submission Services Cater to Teaching & Prototyping  MOSIS  Foundries Cater to Production Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)  Relatively Inexpensive

7. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 7 Instrumentation Concepts  The Pros  High-Performance Circuitry  Small Size  Low Power  Inexpensive for Large Quantity Production  The Cons  Long Learning Curve for Tools  High Cost of Tools (~$0 for Educational Institutions)  Development Time ~1-2 yrs.  Need Special Test Facilities  Cost-Effective Only for Very Small Quantities (Prototype) or Very Large Quantities The Pros & Cons of Using an ASIC  Telescope Instrumentation Project is in On-Par with Large HEP Experiments, Where ASICs are Used Routinely Photo of DCAL ASIC for Linear Collider Courtesy of Ray Yarema, Fermilab  Significant Capital Investment

8. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 8 Instrumentation Concepts ASIC Functionality?  Traditional Pulse-Height Digitization  Good Pulse-Height Resolution  Complex Circuitry  High-Speed = High Power  Lots of Bits to Read Out  Difficult to Trigger  Correction Overheads: Pedestals, Calibrations, Linearity  A New Idea: Digital Imaging / Photon Discrimination (Swordy)  Assume Small Pixel Size (Required)  Most of Time, Single pe’s Will Hit Individual Pixels, True For Signal, Noise, and Background  Instrumentation: Each Pixel Has A Discriminator, Efficient at 1 pe

9. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 9 Instrumentation Concepts A New Concept: Digital Imaging Pulse-Height Temperature Plot Hit Map (Artist’s Conception…)

10. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 10 Instrumentation Concepts A New Concept: Digital Imaging (Cont.) Pulse-Height Temperature Plot Hit Map (Artist’s Conception…) Low Energy Signals:

11. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 11 Instrumentation Concepts A New Concept: Digital Imaging (Cont.) (Artist’s Conception…) Noise (Dark Current & NSB) Rejected by “Level 0” Trigger:

12. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 12 Instrumentation Concepts A New Concept: Digital Imaging (Cont.)  Strengths in Approach:  Greatly Reduced Background per Pixel  Very Simple Electronics  Greatly Reduces Data Volume  Relatively Easy to Trigger  Simulations & Studies in Progress…  Difficulties, Additional Thoughts, Ideas, Studies:  Shape of Hit Pattern as a Function of Energy?  Time Over Threshold for Crude Pulse Height?  Fold in View from Multiple Telescopes (Yes)  Pulse Height Digitization of Dynode?  Use of Out-Riggers for Pulse Height Measurement?  Issues with QE, Gain Uniformity, Single pe Response…

13. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 13 Basic System Requirements & Design Choices  Nature of Data: Timestamp & Hit Pattern (Chip ID Appended Later)  Timing Resolution: 1-2 nS  Raw Data Rate: ~1 - 10 MHz per Pixel  Overall Output Data Rate: ~1-10 KHz (After L0/L1 Trig)  Live Time: 100% (@ Max Event Rate)  Triggering:  Level 0 – 1. More Than 1 Pixel Hit in a Time Window 2. Geometrical Constraints…  Level 1 – Trigger from Neighboring Photo-Detectors  Data Output: High-Speed Serial Link, Possibly Fiber  Event Selection & Filtering: High-Level Triggering in Back-End, Using Timestamps and Geometrical Mapping Instrumentation Concepts

14. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 14 Conceptual Design of ASIC Front-End ASIC  Front End Amplifier & Discriminator Senses Hits Above Threshold  30-Bit Timestamp Counter Runs at 500 MHz  Comparator States Clocked into Shift Register - Buffer for Trigger Decision, 1000 Stages (2 usec)  Save States & Timestamp on Ext. Trig. or Self-Trigger  Counters Reset Once per Sec, Synchronously Across System  Serial Data Output – 100 Mbit/sec, 94 Bits/Event, ~1 uSec/Event  Serial I/O – Separate Data, Control, & Trigger  Services 64 CH

15. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 15 Conceptual Design of ASIC Front-End ASIC (Cont.)  Similar in Concept to Chip Development in Progress for Linear Collider  DCAL  Collaboration with FNAL ASIC Design Group  Design Work Being Done by Abder Mekkaoui & Jim Hoff  New Chip Must be Faster… 0.13 micron SiGe

16. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 16 Conceptual Design of ASIC Front-End ASIC (Cont.)  Discussions with FNAL  They are Interested!  Work in Progress on Establishing Another Collaboration with FNAL ASIC Design Group  Design Work Could Begin in 2006  First Stage – Develop Models, Sims, Basic Design  Proof-of-Principle for 2 nd Stage Funding Draft

17. ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB G. Drake Electronics for Next-Generation Telescopes Oct. 21, 2005 p. 17 Summary Photo-Detector Technology is Advancing, From Which Future Telescopes Can Benefit New Telescopes Will Need Smaller Pixels, Higher Level of Electronics Integration Custom ASICs Are Common Now in High-Performance Instrumentation Preliminary Design Work & R&D to Begin Soon Leverages Resources of National Labs  High-Level Integration, High Channel Count, Low Power