University of Pittsburgh: EOI Response Interest: Testing and Quality Assurance for Cold Motherboards Design, setup, and operation of possible test-stand People: Naples&Paolone, at least 1/3 of postdoc, and undergraduates ● Previous Experience (warm electronics) ● Design, layout, and testing of the 9U L1 Receiver system for ATLAS* ● Test-stand designed and ran at Pittsburgh ● Number of modules ~100 (+ several hundred sub-modules) ● MINERvA: Prototyping, procurement, and testing of several hundred readout boards (FEB) and light injection (LI) calibration system. ● Test-stand designed and ran at Pittsburgh ● T2K(ND280): Responsible for the procurement(ASICS) and testing (done at FNAL) of the TRiP-t based front-end electronics (TFBs) for both the POD and SMRD ● Designed and built the power distribution, mounting, and cooling system for both the POD and SMRD electronics. ● Presently working on design of custom 6U backplane and controller card for electronics upgrade (based on PSI DRS ASIC) for NA61: ● US-NA61: Hadro-production measurements for DUNE to improve neutrino flux prediction *N. J. Buchanan, L. Chen, D. M. Gingrich, S. Liu, H. Chen, D. Damazio, F. Densing and S. Duffin et al., “ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter front end electronics,” JINST 3, P09003 (2008). 03/07/16 US NA61/V. Paolone/UPitt 1
Facilities: University of Pittsburgh ● The University and Department received a NIST grant for infrastructure improvements a few years ago: ● HEP group now has new lab space (~4000 SF) specifically designed for construction projects. ● The space includes a class 100,000 clean room, electronics and detector assembly space. ● Machine Shop: The physics machine shop currently utilizes approximately 3400 SF with a staff of three full time machinists. ● The shop was used extensively for the T2K electronics mounting and cooling hardware including LI hardware for both MINERvA and T2K. ● Electronics Shop: The physics electronics shop utilizes 1400 SF of floor space. Two full time personnel (EE/Designer and technician) are at the disposal of the HEP group and paid for by the University. ● Both were involved in the design, testing, and construction of the ATLAS trigger electronics, MINERvA front-end readout electronics test-stand and both MINERvA and T2K LI control electronics and presently the USNA61 electronics upgrade. 03/07/16 US NA61/V. Paolone/UPitt 2
Facilities: Short Equipment List Machine Shop: ● HURCO VM20 W/4TH Axis Milling Machine: Large work envelope (40"x20"x20") and more complicated tool paths. ● HURCO VM10 Milling Machine ● HURCO TM10 LATHE ● MITSUBISHI BA8 WIRE EDM: Prototyping and small quantity production. ● Large lathe and horizontal boring mill: Adds production capability to shop. Electronics Shop: ● Tektronix DSA71254B Oscilloscope plus high bandwidth probes: High bandwidth oscilloscope/digital serial analyzer. ● PACE ThermoFlo TF 2700 Area Array Rework and PACE XR 3500 X-Ray Inspection System: Soldering system for surface mount devices plus X-Ray inspection system. This allows us to install and remove a wide variety of CSPs, FCs, PBGAs, CBGAs, MLFs, LCCs, and other SMDs. ● Tektronix AFG3252: Function, Arbitrary Waveform, and Pulse Generator ● OC White Pro-Zoom Microscope: Inspection microscope with high-quality camera ● National Instruments PXI Chassis, Controller, and Modules: PC-based platform for test, measurement, and control. 03/07/16 US NA61/V. Paolone/UPitt 3
Summary ● The Pittsburgh group has an Interest in Actively Participating in the Testing of the Cold Electronics – We have a history of warm electronics testing and design: ATLAS, MINERvA, T2K, and US-NA61 – The department has made upgrades to our infrastructure: New lab space, updated electronics and machine shop facilitates ● We'd like to exploit these resources ● In addition UPittsburgh has a Helium recycling facility and we can exploit the available expertise. 03/07/16 US NA61/V. Paolone/UPitt 4
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