Mitigated FPGA design of multi-gigabit transceivers for application in high radiation environments of High Energy Physics experiments
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SRAM-based Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) logic devices are very attractive in applications where high data throughput is needed, such as the latest generation of High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments. FPGAs have been rarely used in such experiments because of their sensitivity to radiation. The present paper proposes a mitigation approach applied to commercial FPGA devices to meet the reliability requirements for the front-end electronics of the Liquid Argon (LAr) electromagnetic calorimeter of the ATLAS experiment, located at CERN. Particular attention will be devoted to define a proper mitigation scheme of the multi-gigabit transceivers embedded in the FPGA, which is a critical part of the LAr data acquisition chain. A demonstrator board is being developed to validate the proposed methodology. Mitigation techniques such as Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) and scrubbing will be used to increase the robustness of the design and to maximize the fault tolerance from Single-Event Upsets (SEUs).
Original language | English |
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Journal | Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation |
Volume | 108 |
Pages (from-to) | 171-192 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISSN | 0263-2241 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
- FPGA, High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Measurement, Reliability, Scrubbing
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