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Dedicated front-end and readout electronics developments for real time 3D directional detection of dark matter with MIMAC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2012

O. Bourrion
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
G. Bosson
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
C. Grignon
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
J.P. Richer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
O. Guillaudin
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
F. Mayet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
J. Billard
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
D. Santos
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Joseph FourierGrenoble 1, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 53 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
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Abstract

A complete dedicated electronics, from front-end to back-end, was developed to instrument a MIMAC prototype. A front end ASIC able to monitor 64 strips of pixels and to provide their individual “Time Over Threshold” information has been designed. An associated acquisition electronics and a real time track reconstruction software have been developed to monitor a 512 channel prototype. This auto-triggered electronic uses embedded processing to reduce the data transfer to its useful part only, i.e. decoded coordinates of hit tracks and corresponding energy measurements. The electronic designs, acquisition software and the results obtained are presented.

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