ミューオン飛跡測定用時間測定集積回路の開発と建設

• Project/Area Number: 11207203
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Science and Engineering
• Research Institution: High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (2004); The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (1999-2003)
• Principal Investigator: 新井 康夫 大学共同利用機関法人高エネルギー加速器研究機構, 素粒子原子核研究所, 助手 (90167990)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 尾高 茂 大学共同利用機関法人高エネルギー加速器研究機構, 素粒子原子核研究所, 助手 (20160880) ; 大須賀 鬨雄 (大須賀 閧雄) 大学共同利用機関法人高エネルギー加速器研究機構, 素粒子原子核研究所, 助教授 (20168925) ; 江村 恒夫 東京農工大学, 工学部, 名誉教授 (40015053)
• Project Period (FY): 1999 – 2004
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
• Budget Amount: ¥87,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥87,900,000); Fiscal Year 2004: ¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000); Fiscal Year 2003: ¥4,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000); Fiscal Year 2002: ¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,700,000); Fiscal Year 2001: ¥9,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,800,000); Fiscal Year 2000: ¥25,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥25,900,000); Fiscal Year 1999: ¥32,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥32,200,000)
• Keywords: 放射線耐性 / 集積回路 / 時間測定 / ミューオン検出器 / LSI / TDC / ATLAS実験 / LHC / PLL回路 / ドリフトチューブ

Research Abstract

アトラス実験のミューオン飛跡検出器は、超電導空芯トロイド電磁石中に置かれた約40万本のドリフトチューブよりなり、陽子・陽子衝突反応で生成されるミューオンの運動量と位置を単独で精密に測定することが出来る。この検出器の性能を充分に引きだす為には、300psという高時間分解能を持った時間測定集積回路(TDC : Time to Digital Converter)が必要とされる。本研究では、このTDCチップを最先端ゲートアレイプロセス(CMOS 0.3um)を使用して開発した。
このチップは、約120万個のトランジスターを含み、ひとつのチップに24チャンネルの入力を持ち、不感時間なしに入力パルスの立ち上がり・立ち下がり時間を測定することが出来る。
開発したLSIはAMT(ATLAS Muon TDC)-3と命名され、2003年夏のCERN研究所のテストビームを使用した実験において、機能に問題がないことが確認され、その後約2万個の量産を無事終えた。このLSIは、イスラエルワイツマン研究所の監督の下にイスラエル企業に置いてプリント基板に実装され、ハーバード大学に於いて全数の試験が行われた。その後、アトラスミューオングループの各研究所、大学に送られミューオン検出器に実装されている。
また、量産したLSIの放射線耐性を調べるため、東京都立大学でCo60ガンマ線照射が、東北大学サイクロトロンRIセンターで陽子照射実験が行われ、LHC実験での使用に問題がない事が確認された。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] On-chamber Readout System for the ATLAS MDT Muon Spectrometer (2004)
  • Author(s): Y.Arai
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Vol 51, Issue 5 Pages: 2196-2200
• [Journal Article] 素粒子実験用時間計測LSIの開発と応用 (2002)
  • Author(s): 新井康夫
  • Journal Title: Science & Technonews Tsukuba 63 Pages: 11-16
• [Journal Article] Development of a New TDC LSI and a VME Module (2002)
  • Author(s): Y.Arai
  • Journal Title: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Vol.49 Pages: 1164-1169
• [Journal Article] Development and a SEU Test of a TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector (2001)
  • Author(s): Y.Arai
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments CERN/LHCC/2001-034 Pages: 185-189
• [Journal Article] Mlulti-Hit Time-to-Digital Converter VLSI for High-Energy Physics Experiments (2001)
  • Author(s): Y.Arai
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automatiion Conference 2001 Pages: 5-6
• [Journal Article] Development of Frontend Electronics and TDC LSI for the ATLAS MDT (2000)
  • Author(s): Y.Arai
  • Journal Title: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. Vol.453 Pages: 365-371
• [Publications] 新井康夫: "素粒子実験用時間計測LSIの開発と応用"Science & Technonews Tsukuba. 63. 11-16 (2002)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of a New TDC LSI and a VME Module"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Vol.49. 1164-1169 (2002)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development and a SEU Test of a TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector"Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHCC/2001-034. 185-189 (2001)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Multi-Hit Time-to-Digital Converter VLSI for High-Energy Physics Experiments"Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2001. 5-6 (2001)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of a 24 ch TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector"Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHC/2000-041. 471-475 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of Frontend Electronics and TDC LSI for the ATLAS MDT"Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A.. Vol.453. 365-371 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of a New TDC LSI and a VME Module"IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Vol.49. 1164-1169 (2002)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development and a SEU Test of a TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector"Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHCC/2001-034. 185-189 (2001)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Multi-Hit Time-to-Digital Converter VLSI for High-Energy Physics Experiments"Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2001. 5-6 (2001)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of a 24 ch TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector"Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHC/2000-041. 471-475 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of Frontend Electronics and TDC LSI for the ATLAS MDT"Nuclear Instruments and Methods In Physics Research Section A. Vol.453. 365-371 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Performance and Irradiation Tests of the 0.3 mm CMOS TDC for the ATLAS MDT"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHCC/99-33. 462-466 (1999)
• [Publications] Y.Arai, Y.Kurumisawa, T.Emura: "Development and a SEU Test of a TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector"Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN 2001-005. 185-189 (2001)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Multi-Hit Time-to-Digital Converter VLSI for High-Energy Physics Experiments"Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2001. 5-6 (2001)
• [Publications] Y.Arai, T.Emura: "Development of a 24 ch TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector"Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHC/2000-041. 471-475 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of Frontend Electronics and TDC LSI for the ATLAS MDT"Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A. Vol.453. 365-371 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Performance and Irradiation Tests of the 0.3 mm CMOS TDC for the ATLAS MDT"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHC C/99-33. 462-466 (1999)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Multi-Hit Time-to-Digital Converter VLSI for High Energy Physics Experiments"Proceedings of the Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2001. 5-6 (2001)
• [Publications] Y.Arai and T.Emura: "Development of a 24 ch TDC LSI for the ATLAS Muon Detector"Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHC/2000-041. 471-475 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Development of Frontend Electronics and TDC LSI for the ATLAS MDT"Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A.. Vol.453. 365-371 (2000)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Performance and Irradiation Tests of the 0.3-m CMOS TDC for the ATLAS MDT"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHCC/99-33. 462-466 (1999)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "Performance and Irradiation Tests of the 0.3μm CMOS TDC for the ATLAS MDT"Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Electronics for LHC Experiments. CERN/LHCC/99-33. 462-466 (1999)
• [Publications] Y.Arai: "A Pipeline TDC Module with TMC-PHX1 LSI"Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE Nackar Science Symposium. N20-52 (1999)
• [Publications] S.Odaka: "Measurement of the Trailing Edge of Cosmic-Ray Trocksignals from a round-tube drift chamber"Nuclear Instruments and Mothoda in Physics Research. Section A. (2000)