CERN Accelerating science

ATLAS Note
Report number	ATL-DAQ-PROC-2012-062
Title	Performance of the AMBFTK board for the FastTracker Processor
Author(s)	Alberti, F (INFN, Milan) ; Andreani, A (Milan U.) ; Annovi, A (Frascati) ; Beretta, M (Frascati) ; Citterio, M (INFN, Milan) ; Crescioli, F (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Dell'Orso, M (Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Giannetti, P (INFN, Pisa) ; Lanza, A (INFN, Pavia) ; Liberali, V (INFN, Milan ; Milan U.) ; Magalotti, D (INFN, Perugia) ; Meroni, C (INFN, Milan) ; Piendibene, M (INFN, Pisa) ; Sacco, I (Mannheim U.) ; Stabile, A (Milan U.) ; Volpi, G (Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa)
Corporate Author(s)	The ATLAS collaboration
Publication	2012
Imprint	16 Nov 2012
Number of pages	7
In:	Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, Oxford, UK, 17 - 21 Sep 2012
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; ATLAS
Free keywords	Trigger concepts and systems (hardware and software) ; Trigger algorithms ; Digital electronic circuits
Abstract	Modern experiments at hadron colliders search for extremely rare processes hidden in much larger background levels. As the experiment complexity and the accelerator backgrounds and luminosity increase we need increasingly complex and exclusive selections. The FastTracker (FTK) processor for the ATLAS experiment offers extremely powerful, very compact and low power consumption processing units for the far future, which is essential for increased efficiency and purity in the Level 2 trigger selection through the intensive use of tracking. The AMBFTK board and the AMchip04 integrated circuit have been designed specifically to this purpose. We report on the preliminary test results of the first prototypes of the AMBFTK board and of the AMchip04.
Copyright/License	Preprint: (License: CC-BY-4.0)