1 Cosmic Vision Instrumentation ASIC R. Jansen TEC-EDM 19 January 2010

2 Aim Provide radiation hard front-end for the Cosmic Vision instrumentation payload Development phases Phase I – Develop front-end demonstrator ASIC Phase II – Radiation characterisation Phase III – Instrumentation ASIC development Objective Reach technology readiness level 5 in 2012

3 Front-end demonstrator ASIC concept Configurable analogue front-end Spacewire digital interface for control and data Applications CCD signal processing Radiation detector Radiation spectrometer ADC DAC Filter Low Noise Amplifier Power Amplifier Operating frequency 100kHz to 10MHz - MF 10MHz to 100MHz - HF

4 Front-end demonstrator ASIC - Architecture DIGITAL CORE D7[23:0 D6[ :0 D5[ :0 D4[ :0D3[ :0 D0[ :0]0 D2[ :0 D0[ :0 DOUTM DOUTP SOUTM SOUTP DINM DINP SINM SINP IN0M 0P OUT0P 0M 4M 4P IN4P 4M D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM D[23:0 OUTP OUTM SOUTP SINP SOUTM SINM INP INM OUT3M 3P IN3P 3M OUT2M 2P IN2P 2M 1M 1P OUT1P 1M IN5M 5P OUT5P 5M 7M 7P IN7P 7M OUT6M 6P IN6P 6M

5 Front-end analogue processing block - Architecture

6 Front-end demonstrator ASIC - Applications

7 Front-end analogue processing block - CCD signal processing mode SOUTM SOUTP INM INP OUTM OUTP SAMPLER REFERENCEOFFSET COMP RM RP ADC/CMP/DAC RM RP RM RP PVGA PLNA RP RM RP RM FILTER LEVEL CLAMP PVGA D[23:0]

8 Phase I Development Outline – Instrumentation teams involvement - 1 Work to date Presented MF and HF demonstrator ASIC specification Collected feedback from EJSM instrumentation teams Refined specification Issue ITT for MF and HF demonstrator ASIC development March 2010 Select 12 reference front-end target applications Select 3 instrumentation team representatives

9 Phase I Development Outline – Instrumentation teams involvement Initiate demonstrator ASIC development Review demonstrator ASIC requirements with team representatives Present ASIC specification updates (model format) 2011 Present ASIC development progress 2012 Validate demonstrator ASIC with team representatives Present ASIC validation results Distribute Front-end demonstrator ASIC ASIC simulation model Prototype board with PC user interface

10 Collected feedback from EJSM instrumentation teams Functionality extension Input multiplexer Operational amplifier (application schematics needed) Low noise amplifier (application schematics needed) Low sample rates (<100kHz) Performance improvement ADC accuracy (14bit accuracy at 100MHz) Radiation detector and spectrometer ENC Performance reduction Lifetime to 10 years Performance determination Current consumption

11 Requested reporting on ASIC development Functionality extension Input multiplexer Performance improvement ADC accuracy (14 bits at 100MHz) Thanks to L. Åhlén P. Hartogh H. Michaelis H. L. O’Brien M. Smit

12 Configurable front-end – CCD signal processing mode – Specification MFHF No.ParameterMin,Typ.Max.Min,Typ.Max.UnitComment 1Input level adaptation VVVV Minimum - Single ended Maximum - Single ended 2Input level adaptation step 100 mV 3Gain (V/V) dB Minimum Nominal Maximum 4Gain step11dB 5Offset correction  V min V max Minimum Maximum 6Offset corr. step50 VV 7Post Offset corr. Gain (V/V) 300 0dBMinimum Maximum 8Post Offset corr. Gain step 11dB 9Gain flatness0.2 dB 10Noise22nV/sqrt(Hz) 11Sample rate MHz Minimum Maximum 12Effective No of bits kHz 1 MHz 10 MHz 100 MHz 13Current consumption 27200mA

13 Configurable front-end – Radiation detection mode - Specification MFHF No.ParameterMin,Typ.Max.Min,Typ.Max.UnitComment 1ENC8050ermsInput capacitance 50pF/10pF Peaking time 10  s/ 1  s 2ENC slope1.65.0erms /pF Peaking time 10  s 3Range fC Minimum – with 0.2pF feedback cap. Maximum – with 20pF feedback cap. 4Peaking time for Gaussian shaper ssss Minimum Maximum 5Peaking time accuracy 55%For Gaussian shaper 6Threshold level1101 mV V Minimum Maximum 7Threshold step10 mV 8Current consumption contribution of LNA and filter 4.545mA Maximum voltage gain condition at 10  s peaking time

14 Configurable front-end (MF) – Radiation spectrometer mode - Specification No.ParameterMin,Typ.Max.UnitComment 1ENC80ermsInput capacitance 50pF Peaking time 10  s 2ENC slope1.6erms/pF Peaking time 10  s 3Range fC Minimum – with 0.2pF feedback cap. Maximum – with 20pF feedback cap. 4Peaking time for Gaussian shaper ssss Minimum Maximum 5Peaking time accuracy 5%For Gaussian shaper 6Sample and hold depth 81Minimum Maximum 7Effective No. of bits kHz 1MHz 10MHz 8Threshold level110mV V Minimum Maximum 9Threshold step10mV 10Current consumption contribution of LNA and filter 4.5mAMaximum voltage gain condition at 10  s peaking time

15 Configurable front-end – ADC mode - Specification MFHF No.ParameterMin,Typ.Max.Min,Typ.Max.UnitComment 1Number of bits kHz 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 2Sample rate MHz Minimum Maximum 3Effective No. of bits kHz 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 4Input range22VdpkDifferential input & nominal gain 5Gain flatness0.2 dBOver the signal frequency range 50kHz – 5MHz 6Gain stability0.1 dBOver the temperature range 7THD dB 100kHz 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 8SFDR dB 100kHz 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 9Current consumption contribution of ADC block mA 100kHz 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz

16 Configurable front-end – DAC mode - Specification MFHF No.ParameterMin,Typ.Max.Min,Typ.Max.UnitComment 1Number of bits kHz (sampling frequency) 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 2Sample rate MHz Minimum Maximum 3Effective No. of bits kHz (sampling frequency) 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 4Output range22VdpkDifferential output & nominal gain 5Gain flatness0.2 dBOver the signal frequency range 50kHz – 5MHz 6Gain stability0.1 dBOver the temperature range 7THD dB 100kHz (sampling frequency) 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 8SFDR dB 100kHz (sampling frequency) 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz 9Current consumption contribution of DAC block mA 100kHz (sampling frequency) 1MHz 10MHz 100MHz

17 Application selection - Overview No.ApplicationMFHF 1CCD processor 2Radiation detector 3Radiation spectrometer 4ADC – current – single ended 5ADC – current – differential 6ADC – voltage – single 10Hz 10kHz 100kHz 1MHz 100MHz 100MHz 7ADC – voltage – differential 8DAC – current – single 500Hz 10kHz 100kHz 9DAC – current – differential 10DAC – voltage – single ended 11DAC – voltage – differential 12 Filter50MHz anti-aliasing filter 13Low noise amplifier 14Power amplifier 15

18 Application selection - Missing Functionality is not fully exploited yet No front-end signal conditioning application has been received No applications concerning CCD signal processing Radiation detection/spectrometer Low noise amplifier/Power amplifier Call for Applications – Requested information Application schematic Signal processing (gain, filtering, correlated sampling, offset cancellation, …) Signal range and frequency (in band & out of band) noise source impedance Performance requirements Validation requirements

19 Call for sample orders Development output Front-end demonstrator ASIC ASIC simulation model Prototype board with PC user interface Quantities Prototype board - 1 Number of ASICs – no. required Deadline 23 January 2010 User community Initiated from the instrumentation team representatives

20 Milestones Sample ordering-23 January 2010 Application selection-20 February 2010 Closing date for ITT-22 February 2010 Requirement review-June 2010 Information R.