1. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres1 DC-DC converter R&D US ATLAS Upgrade UCSC May 2007

2. DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres2 Credits FY07: P. Denes, R. P. Ely, M. Garcia-Sciveres, M. Gilchriese, J. Alonso. FY08: ~same.

3. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres3 Progress in FY07 Irradiation of FY06 test chip at LBNL 88” cyclotron Design and submission of new realistic size test chip –Multi-project run submission in Feb. –Chips have been already received April 17, 2007. Initial basic testing with probes in progress PCB test board in fabrication If test boards results as expected, produce strip stave compatible power card that can be used in place of serial power adapter.

4. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres4 Top level schematic Clock inputs (same freq. with varying delays) 1  F pump capacitors These components could be internal eventually Load Charge to gate drivers

5. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres5 Simulation results 1 Dominated by switch resistance Charge lost in switch parasitics

6. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres6 Simulation results 2 1MHz, 1  F pump caps Startup circuit

7. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres7 Plans for FY08 Collaborate with CERN for testing and irradiation of FY07 test chip –In 2006/7 CERN has started an aggressive DC-DC R&D program already funded at the 1.5 FTE level –>$300K additional Europe-only funding for DC-DC is being sought by CERN in the form of an FP7_CNI proposal to be submitted in May 07. –CERN IC group now working on a switching chip for an inductive converter along similar lines as the LBNL DC-DC work (with a different foundry) –They Plan to explore piezo-electric converter options as well and establish a test program to compare all 3 approaches (inductive, capacitive, & piezo). –They have X-ray irradiation equipment for total ionizing dose characterization. Work on design and submit next version of switched capacitor DC-DC chip –Aim of this next chip would be miniaturization for production of a stand-alone device. –Main challenges of miniaturization Reduction of external components Control circuitry to internally produce required switching signals

8. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres8 FY09 Depends on success of FY08 effort To be conservative assume a new chip iteration –An important possibility if FY07 and F708 chips are successful is to shift to improving radiation hardness, which may require migrating working design to a different switch technology Complete miniaturization work by producing a ceramic hybrid to achieve the smallest possible package Produce parts that can be used like “off the shelf” components

9. May 2007DC-DC --- US ATLAS Upgrade R&D --- Garcia-Sciveres9 DC-DC Cost breakdown FY08-09