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Installation and commissioning of the TileCal Read-Out Drivers

Jose TorresE. FullanaAranzazu Ruiz-martinezB. SalvachuaEnrique SanchisAlberto ValeroAntonio FerrerC. CuencaC. SolansJoaquin PovedaV. CastilloE. HigonJ.a. VailsJalal AbdallahVicente González

subject

Signal processingDigital signal processorLarge Hadron ColliderComputer sciencebusiness.industryNuclear electronicsATLAS experimentDetectorElectronicsbusinessRodComputer hardware

description

TileCal is the hadronic tile calorimeter of the ATLAS experiment at LHC/CERN. The main component of the TileCal back-end electronics is the Read-Out Driver (ROD). The ROD system is placed between the first and the second level trigger and it is the responsible for processing the data gathered by the detector. The principal devices of the RODs are the Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) mounted in the Processing Units (PUs) daughterboards. The architecture and functionality of the RODs are briefly explained. Then, it is presented the ROD system installation in the ATLAS electronics cavern. Currently, the RODs are being used for the detector commissioning. It is detailed the Detector and Verification System (DVS) tests and TileCal calibration runs performed with RODs during the three commissioning phases.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-10-012007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
https://doi.org/10.1109/nssmic.2007.4436376