Design, production, and reliability of the new ATLAS pixel opto-boards

K.K. Gan, P. Buchholz, S. Che, R. Ishmukhametov, H.P. Kagan, R.D. Kass, K. Looper, J.R. Moore, J. Moss, D.S. Smith, Y. Yang, M. Ziolkowski
2015 Journal of Instrumentation  
New fiber optical transceivers, opto-boards, were designed and produced to replace the first generation opto-boards installed in the ATLAS pixel detector and for the new pixel layer, the insertable barrel layer (IBL). Each opto-board contains one 12-channel PIN array and two 12-channel VCSEL arrays along with associated receiver and driver ASICs. The new optoboard design benefits from the production and operational experience of the first generation opto-boards and contains several
more » ... The new opto-boards have been successfully installed. Additionally, a set of the new opto-boards have been subjected to an accelerated lifetime experiment at 85 C and 85% relative humidity for over 1,000 hours. No failures were observed. We are cautiously optimistic that the new opto-boards will survive until the shutdown for the detector upgrade for the high-luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC).
doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/02/c02018 fatcat:oqnxm7mm6fearcjmf7tnta7dr4