PROJECT TITLE :

Reliable and Redundant FPGA Based Read-Out Design in the ATLAS TileCal Demonstrator

ABSTRACT:

This ATLAS Tile Calorimeter browse-out system is scheduled for replacement around 2023 because of previous age and higher performance needs. The new proposed system is designed to be radiation tolerant, modular, redundant and reconfigurable. To realize full detector browse-out, Kintex-7 FPGAs from Xilinx can be used, in addition to multiple ten Gb/s optical read-out links. Throughout 2015/2016, a hybrid demonstrator system including the new read-out system can be put in in one slice of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter to guage the new design. This paper describes totally different firmware strategies along with their integration within the demonstrator in the context of high reliability protection against hardware malfunction and radiation induced errors.