2011
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/01/c01049
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MCP detector read out with a bare quad Timepix at kilohertz frame rates

Abstract: The existing Berkeley neutron sensitive MCP/Timepix hybrid detector has been very successful at demonstrating energy resolved spatial imaging with a single Timepix ASIC read out at a ∼ 30 Hz frame rate where each neutron's position and time (energy) is determined (X,Y,E). By increasing the detector format using a quad arrangement of Timepix readouts and increasing the frame rate to 1 kHz, we can increase our total event throughput by a factor of 120, thereby taking full advantage of the high fluxes of modern p… Show more

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“…A larger FPGA board (Xilinx Virtex 5), the so-called Roach board, is configured in order to generate a single 512 × 512 image, which is then transferred to an acquisition computer using a 10 Gb/s Ethernet interface. At 1 kHz readout rate, the readout system has a 286 µs dead time for each frame, [19][20][21] which is the minimum time required to transfer all data from the chips to the interface boards. After this time interval, the chips are ready to collect new events for the next frame by opening the shutter of the Timepix detector.…”
Section: B Readout System (Data Transfer and Storage)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A larger FPGA board (Xilinx Virtex 5), the so-called Roach board, is configured in order to generate a single 512 × 512 image, which is then transferred to an acquisition computer using a 10 Gb/s Ethernet interface. At 1 kHz readout rate, the readout system has a 286 µs dead time for each frame, [19][20][21] which is the minimum time required to transfer all data from the chips to the interface boards. After this time interval, the chips are ready to collect new events for the next frame by opening the shutter of the Timepix detector.…”
Section: B Readout System (Data Transfer and Storage)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Berkeley Quad Timepix Parallel Readout represents a highly parallel readout system dedicated to measurement setups using 2 × 2 Timepix ASICs. The readout system reads out all four chips and all 32 CMOS signal lines from the parallel ASIC output at the same time.…”
Section: The Medipix/timepix Detector Familymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…• At the University of California, the Berkeley Quad Timepix detector [138] has been developed. This device, designed for the detection of neutrons with a Micro-Channel Plate Detector (MCP) read out by Timepix chips, consists of a quad array read out in the parallel mode.…”
Section: Hard-and Software Developmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%