The VMM front-end integration in the Scalable Readout System: On the way to a next generation readout system for generic detector R&D and experiment instrumentation

Abstract

Michael Lupberger*† CERN, Geneva, Switzerland E-mail: michael.lupberger@cern.ch Freddy Fuentes Robayo Universidad Antonio Narino, Bogota, Columbia Yan Huang Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China Sorin Martoiu Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Magurele, Bucharest, Romania Hans Müller CERN, Geneva, Switzerland Dorothea Pfeiffer CERN, Geneva, Switzerland and European Spallation Source ERIC, Lund, Sweden Alexandru Rusu Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Magurele, Bucharest, Romania The Scalable Readout System (SRS) of the RD51 collaboration with the APV25 ASIC is driving R&D for gaseous detectors. Discontinuation of APV25 and demands on flexibility concerning e.g. detector capacitance and readout rate induced a replacement of the ASIC, for which the collaboration has chosen the VMM chip of the ATLAS New Small Wheel upgrade. A prototype SRS VMM system was operated with small GEM detectors at test beams and hardware components are finalised. More than twelve groups signed as primary system users. We present the readout chain and current status of the implementation of the VMM in SRS, applications and further developments. Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics (TWEPP2018) 17-21 September 2018 Antwerp, Belgium