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Title DT Sector Collector electronics design and construction
Author(s) Guiducci, L (INFN) ; Dallavalle, M (INFN) ; Montanari, A (INFN) ; Odorici, F (INFN) ; Pellegrini, G (INFN) ; Torromeo, G (INFN) ; Travaglini, R (INFN ; Univ. Bologna)
In: Proceedings of the Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, pp.85-89
DOI 10.5170/CERN-2007-007.85
Subject category Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract The CMS detector at LHC is equipped with Drift Tubes (DT) chambers for muon detection and triggering in the barrel region. The Sector Collector (SC) modules collect the track segments reconstructed by on-chamber trigger electronics. Data from different chambers are aligned in time and sent to the subsequent reconstruction processors via optical links. Several FPGA devices performing the processing of the data were designed in VHDL, including spy features to monitor the trigger data flow. A test jig was set up with custom hardware and software in order to fully validate final production boards. Installation and commissioning in CMS provided first experience with the synchronization and monitoring tools.



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