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Demo Link and the LOC Status Report

1. Demo Link status

2. LOC2 status

3. Irradiation tests on optical fiber

4. Summary

Vitaliy for

the SMU team

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Demo Link status

The idea: Use the GOL to construct an optical link to read out the

staves under development. Provide a Giga-bit optical link that develops together with

the detector and front-end ASICs. Provide a test vehicle to study system and integration

issues at an early stage. Demo Links can be quickly constructed with LOC or GBTx

when they become available in 2009/2010. These demo links will lead a baseline design for final

production, installation evaluations and will provide links for reliability studies before the production begins.

The status: Next page.

The plan:

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The status Block diagram. The interface boards can be

changed with the stave development.

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The status Design and layout

All documents (schematics, layouts) available online:

http://www.physics.smu.edu/~lab17/GTOM/welcome.htm

The GOL and TLK carrier boards sent for fab.+assembly on 8/6.

GOL carrier board TLK carrier board

SFP+/VL SFP+/VLGOL TLK

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The plan:

Currently layout the two interface boards. FPGA code development when all boards are

out for fabrication and assembly. 8/25 – 9/5: debugging at SMU. 9/10, 11: first test at LBNL. May need a few integration tests and

modifications of the interface boards. Will provide boards to interested groups for

system level studies by the end of this year.

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LOC2 status Design status:

Currently carry out post layout simulations on key components to define the speed of LOC2.

Still in discussion with people in Inner Detector and in LAr trying to make LOC2 best fit the needs in both readout. In ID, we need to work more closely with people who develop the (supper-) module-controller to understand the input to LOC2. We may make use of the fact that the output of MC is already 8B/10B encoded to maximize the use of the bandwidth.

Current simulations show a 5 Gbps LOC2 hopeful. Details in the following pages.

The plan: after the status report.

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LOC2 Block diagram and challenging spots:

16 bit Input registerLVDS to LVCMOS

2:1 MUX to 8 bit

8B/10BComma

27-1 PRBS PLL + clks

MU

X

Cntrl config

Odd bits shift register

Even bits shift register

Latch

CML driver

2:1

MU

X

Data

Clk_ref

Cntrl/Config

16 LVDS 10 bit

Serial output to Versatile LinkCritical components:

1. PLL. VCO, the first stage divider speed. Architecture choice: reliability, jitter, implementation.

2. Static D-flip-flop. The building block of the divider, and the shift register speed. 3. CML driver.

Inverter: basic unit of a CMOS circuit. Study the PMOS/NMOS ratio, circuit speed.

We may move the 8B/10B encoder out of LOC2 to better interface ID and LAr. That is, we may design dedicated interface chips for LOC’s applications. This is in discussion right now and will be finalized soon.

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The inverter PMOS/NMOS ratio adjusted to

have the same 10 and 01 delays.The ratio: n*(1.9/1.4) where n = 1,2,3,4…

Basic layout, multi-finer layout checked to optimize speed. The delay is about 32~35 ps (drive itself), corresponding to a frequency of about 30 GHz. Agree with Peregrine’s tech notes, and comparable with speeds achieved in 0.13 to 0.15 micron bulk CMOS technology. (We only use RN/RP transistor which have been tested. We may be able to use IN/IP transistors are faster, and may be comparable with 0.13um process.)

schematics

layout.

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The D-flip-flop (DFF) We started out with the C2MOS type of DFF used in GOL, but moved to the TGDFF: ~20%

faster, and at least the same SEE immunity (Ramanarayanan, Upenn). Different transistor size, single finger and multi-finger layouts are checked. The total delay

is 292 ps (slowest or the S-S corner). This indicates a 5 Gbps serializer possible, because the time needed for a basic unit (DFF+mux) is 400 ps.

schematics

Mostly single-finger layout

multi-finger layout

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Differential Ring oscillator VCO

VCO Frequence Vs VCTRL

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

0.8 1.3 1.8 2.3

VCTRL

We choose this 4-stage VCO, a similar structure as in the GOL. Schematic level simulation indicates that a maximum frequency of 5.5GHz can be reached (the typical-typical corner) . We need 2.5 GHz from post layout for 5 Gbps data transmission with a 50% duty cycle.

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The divider in the first stage

The first stage divider in the PLL provides the bit clock, loading clock to the serializing unit. This first stage has to run at 2.5 GHz for 5 Gbps data rate.

A two-arm serializer requires a divid-by-5 first stage. This is challenging at 2.5 GHz and it is being studied.

A (jitter improved) four-arm serializer requires a divid-by-2 first stage, which is a DFF + Inverter. Our TGDFF(292ps, S-S) + Inverter(35ps, T-T) leaves us a good margin to run at 2.5 GHz.

But we prefer the two-arm serializer for its simplicity.

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LOC2 work plan, near future

Finalize the structure: with 8B/10B encoder or move the encoder out. With the latter, dedicated interface chips will be designed to best cope with the input data and maximize the use of the link bandwidth.

Post layout studies on all the critical components and understand the speed of LOC2. At this moment, 5 Gbps is hopeful.

Careful studies on the PLL, mostly the RJ, or phase noise.

A design review (1st), Oct./Nov. time frame, at BNL or CERN on the critical parts. Get help from the community on things we may have overlooked, misunderstand, etc.

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LOC2 work plan, till April 2009

After the 1st design review, we will move on to Complete PLL and clock unit design. Complete the serializer design. Implement the 8B/10B and 64B/66B Encoders, or design the

interface chips. Implement the control/config unit. Implement the CML driver.

We aim for the 2nd design review, Jan./Feb. 2009, on the whole chip or chip set.

We aim for the April 09 submission, and the tests in lab July 09. We will provide demo-link and system design document for groups that are interested in using this chip in the fall of 2009.

Full evaluation of LOC2, including irradiation tests are planned to take place in the fall of 2009.

Reference: GBTx is planned to be available end of 2009.

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Irradiation tests on optical fiber

To complete a rad-tol optical link system, one needs to identify rad-tol components such as VCSEL, fiber and PINs. This part of the work is now the Versatile Project. At SMU, we identified a 10G fiber and performed several tests on the fiber.

The report here consists: Results from ATLAS LAr. Narrow down to Germanium doped GRIN fiber. Preliminary tests.

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Results from ATLAS LAr

Ref: Nucl. Phys. B, Proc. Suppl. 78 (1999) 719-24 Irradiation studies of multimode optical fibres for use in ATLAS front-end links

POF: Plasma Optics Fiber, Germanium doped.

From the production qualification tests: see next page.

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Results from ATLAS LAr From ATLAS LAr fiber selection:

Germanium doped MM fiber from Plasma Optical Fibres have been found to withstand radiations over 800~Gy(Si) and 2 × 1013cm-2 (1-MeV equivalent in Si) with less than 0.1~dB/m attenuation.

The fiber batch used for the production of the optical cables was verified using a Co-60 source. Two 5 cm diameter rolls with 100~m of fiber each were irradiated with a dose

rate of 150 Gy/hr. After 1 hour of irradiation the transmission loss over the 100 m was less than

10% or less than -0.005 dB/m. Immediately after 2 hours irradiation (300 Gy) the loss was -0.04 dB/m, but it

improved to -0.015 dB/1m within 10 minutes, indicating a fast annealing process was taking place.

The optical loss was measured to be -0.135 dB/m immediatly after the total dose reached 2.8 kGy. Within 1 hour annealing at room temperature, the loss was reduced to -0.1 dB/m, satisfying the requirement we set for radiation induced optical power loss. We expect the actual loss in real ATLAS environment is much less than -0.1 dB/m due to the fast annealing process. Because there are only a few meters of fiber that is actually at the FEB location, we estimate a maximum optical power loss due to radiation to be less than 1 dB, well within the 10 dB power margin we have.

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Narrow down to Germanium doped GRIN fiber Ref: IEEE Trans. On Nuclear Science, Vol. 54, No. 4, Aug. 2007,

Low-Dose Radiation-Induces Attenuation at InfraRed Wavelengths for P-Doped, Ge-Doped and Pure Silica-Core Optical Fibers

850 nm 1300 nm

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Preliminary tests

Gamma (Co-60) and Proton (230 MeV) tests

• Infinicor SX+ 50/250m/1.6mm MM.

• 10G fiber from Corning. Germanium doped.

• Very small light loss at low flux (dose rate).

• Big loss at high flux but anneals very quickly (within 1 hour) back.Fiber under proton test

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Preliminary tests

Co-60 at BNL, dose rate: 30 krad/hr. Fiber: Corning Infinicor SX+ 50/125 MM fiber, 45 m under irradiation.

Total RIA: 0.04 dB/m after 1.4 Mrad.

Annealing effects observed.

More annealing results will follow once we get our equipment back to SMU.

Run # Dose (krad)

Accumulated dose (krad)

fibre RIA (dB)

Accumulated RIA (dB)

Ref. fiber (dB)

Accumulated ref. fiber (dB)

1 133.00 133.00 -1.05 -1.05 -0.10 -0.10

2 700.00 833.00 -0.79 -1.84 0.01 -0.09

3 573.00 1405.00 -0.07 -1.91 0.00 -0.09

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Conclusion on fiber (preliminary)

Corning Infinicor SX+ 50/125 MM fibers from different production batches, packaging companies were irradiated with gamma (Co-60) and proton (230 MeV). More tests with higher dose rate and total dose are to be carried out by Oxford group to reach 50 Mrads.

Careful data analysis, especially on annealing effects, needs to be carried out.

More tests, especially neutron or proton may be needed to study possible NIEL effect, or to confirm that the lack of it.

Preliminary results indicate that this fiber may be suitable for ID upgrade.

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Summary

The GOL based demo link will be constructed and put to use in Sept./Oct. time frame. This demo link will be used to perform many system level studies on the Giga-bit optical link. Demo links based on LOC or GBTx will follow. This exercise will lead to a baseline design for the upgrade of optical readout.

The LOC2 design is on track for a user chip in 2009. It is hopeful to achieve 5 Gbps speed. We need to work more closely with upstream ASIC developers to define the interface.

R&D work in the frame of Versatile Link project is on-going to identify components for a rad-tol optical link. At least one type of fiber (Corning Infinicor SX+ 50/125 MM ) has been tested with gamma and proton and the preliminary results indicate that this fiber may be suitable for the ID upgrade.

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Backup slides

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Block diagram

The preliminary LOC2 block diagram

16 bit Input registerLVDS to LVCMOS

2:1 MUX to 8 bit

8B/10BComma

27-1 PRBS PLL + clks

MU

X

Cntrl config

Odd bits shift register

Even bits shift register

Latch

CML driver

2:1

MU

X

Data

Clk_ref

Cntrl/Config

16 LVDS 10 bit

Serial output to Versatile Link

Inpu

t

Output

LOC VL fiberParallel data GBTx VL fiber

Parallel data

System implementation

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Design considerations

Implement measures to address lessons learned from LOC1: period jitter from the serializer; control PLL RJ; output driver quality.

Conservative circuit units (static D-flip-flop, majority voting) are used to reduce SEE cross section.

We would like to take advantage of the Versatile Link development, and move the optical interface from LOC to VL.

LOC2 should have the basic but complete functions as a “user” chip so that groups outside of SMU can use it to implement in their systems.

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Key features

A Serializer at 3.2 Gbps, goal: push it up to 5 Gbps (ref. GBTx at 5 Gbps);

Differential data input, 16 bit LVDS; Differential parallel data rate reference clock input; Data sampling at the rising or falling edge of the reference

clock; Internal 27-1 PRBS; Differential electrical output (CML), to be coupled to the

Versatile Link input; Compatible with commercial GBE receivers (8B/10B encoder).

The receiver can be FPGA based. This will greatly help in the demo-link and the ROD designs;

Single 2.5 voltage power supply.