Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2020
Abstract
The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a large-scale prototype of the Single-Phase (SP) Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) design proposed for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). 15,360 LArTPC wires are instrumented with low electronic noise pre-amplifier and digitization ASICs integrated into Front End Motherboards (FEMBs) operating at cryogenic temperature within the cryostat. The large number of electronics channels and high performance specifications required a large-scale production electronics quality control effort, careful installation into Anode Plane Assemblies (APAs), and rigorous detector commissioning. This successful collaboration-wide effort achieved a working LArTPC electronics channel percentage of 99.7% (15,318 of 15,360 channels in total), whose operating performance exceeded expectations. We summarize the ProtoDUNE-SP cold electronics design and quality control, installation, and commissioning efforts that enabled this excellent electronics performance.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Journal of Instrumentation
Recommended Citation
Adams, D., Bass, M., Bishai, M., Bromberg, C., Calcutt, J., Chen, H., Fried, J., Furic, I., Gao, S., Gastler, D., Hugon, J., Joshi, J., Kirby, B., Liu, F., Mahn, K., Mooney, M., Morris, C., Pereyra, C., Pons, X., Radeka, V., Raguzin, E., Shooltz, D., Spanu, M., Timilsina, A., Tufanli, S., Tzanov, M., Viren, B., Gu, W., Williams, Z., Wood, K., Worcester, E., Worcester, M., & Yang, G. (2020). The ProtoDUNE-SP LArTPC electronics production, commissioning, and performance. Journal of Instrumentation, 15 (6) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/06/P06017