Development of the front end electronics for the ZEUS high resolution calorimeter

Abstract

The design of the pipelined data acquisition system for the high resolution ZEUS calorimeter is described. Results of measurements with prototype electronics are given. The development and design of the pipeline data aquisition system for the high resolution ZEUS calorimeter is described. Details of the front and analog card and the performance are given. A description of the custom pipeline and buffer multiplexer chips is given, analog with test results for the pipeline chip. In addition, some results are presented for a CCD test system built to evaluate the pipeline principles using the ZEUS calorimeter prototype at the CERN PS