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TARGET 5: A new multi-channel digitizer with triggering capabilities for gamma-ray atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes

Albert A, Funk S, Katagiri H, Kawashima T, Murphy M, Okumura A, Quagliani R, Sapozhnikov L, Shigenaka A, Tajima H, Tibaldo L, Vandenbroucke J, Varner G, Wu T (2017)

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Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Book Volume: 92

Pages Range: 49-61

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.003

Abstract

TARGET 5 is a new application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) of the TARGET family, designed for the readout of signals from photosensors in the cameras of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy. TARGET 5 combines sampling and digitization on 16 signal channels with the formation of trigger signals based on the analog sum of groups of four channels. We describe the ASIC architecture and performance. TARGET 5 improves over the performance of the first-generation TARGET ASIC, achieving: tunable sampling frequency from <0.4 GSa/s to >1 GSa/s; a dynamic range on the data path of 1.2 V with effective dynamic range of 11 bits and DC noise of similar to 0.6 mV; 3-dB bandwidth of 500 MHz; crosstalk between adjacent channels <1.3%; charge resolution improving from 40% to <4% between 3 photoelectrons (p.e.) and >100 p.e. (assuming 4 mV per p.e.); and minimum stable trigger threshold of 20 mV (5 p.e.) with trigger noise of 5 mV (1.2 p.e.), which is mostly limited by interference between trigger and sampling operations. TARGET 5 is the first ASIC of the TARGET family used in an IACT prototype, providing one development path for readout electronics in the forthcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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APA:

Albert, A., Funk, S., Katagiri, H., Kawashima, T., Murphy, M., Okumura, A.,... Wu, T. (2017). TARGET 5: A new multi-channel digitizer with triggering capabilities for gamma-ray atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Astroparticle Physics, 92, 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.05.003

MLA:

Albert, A., et al. "TARGET 5: A new multi-channel digitizer with triggering capabilities for gamma-ray atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes." Astroparticle Physics 92 (2017): 49-61.

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