Sudbury neutrino observatory electronics chain

D. F. Cowen; T. Ekenberg; J. R. Klein; F. M. Newcomer; R. Van Berg; R. G. Van de Water; P. Wittich; A. Biman; R. L. Stevenson

Sudbury neutrino observatory electronics chain

D. F. Cowen, T. Ekenberg, J. R. Klein, F. M. Newcomer, R. Van Berg, R. G. Van de Water, P. Wittich, A. Biman, R. L. Stevenson

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The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) is a second generation real time solar neutrino water Cherenkov detector using 1,000 Tonnes of D₂O viewed by almost 10,000 Photomultiplier tubes 20cm in diameter. The electronics chain is required to provide deadtimeless sub-nanosecond time and charge measurement for Photomultiplier pulses in the range of 1 - 1000 photo electrons. The electronics chain must handle background event rates in excess of 1 kHz and burst rates in excess of 1 MHz. The SNO electronics is implemented with three full custom integrated circuits and standard commercial ADCs, memory, and logic. The DAQ interface is VME compatible. We will describe the SNO electronic system design including novel features of the DAQ and trigger paths.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	627-631
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 1994
Event	Proceedings of the 1994 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Part 1 (of 4) - Norfolk, VA, USA Duration: Oct 30 1994 → Nov 5 1994

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Other	Proceedings of the 1994 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference. Part 1 (of 4)
City	Norfolk, VA, USA
Period	10/30/94 → 11/5/94

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Radiation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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