Fermilab


Central Muon Scintillation Counters System


[Technical Design Report]


Central Muon SCintillators (CMSC)

Detectors

A-layer
octants 0,1,2,3,4,7: 90 channels / octant
octants 5,6: 45 channels / octant
B-layer (octants 5,6 only)
CF (PDT's 115,116,135,136)
10 counters / PDT
2 phototubes / counter
EF (PDT's 105,106,145,146)
8 counters / PDT
2 phototubes / counter
hole counters
4 counters / octant
2 phototubes / counter
C-layer
octants 0,1,2,3,4,7
5 PDT's / octant
8 counters / PDT
2 phototubes / counter
octants 5,6 (PDT's 205,206,245,246)
9 counters / PDT
2 phototubes / counter

Scintillator Front End (SFE) Cards

A-layer

octants 0,1,2,3,4,7
2 SFE's / octant
45 channels / SFE
48 channels / SFE capacity
octants 5,6
1 SFE / octant
45 channels / SFE
outputs:
1 cable / SFE to passive fan-out card (45 bits / cable)
location:
CMSC crates (trusses)

B-layer

2 SFE's / octant
40 channels / SFE
outputs:
1 cable / SFE to passive fan-in card (40 bits / cable)
location:
CMSC crates (trusses)

C-layer

octants 0,1,2,3,4,7
2 SFE's / octant
40 channels / SFE
octants 5,6
1 SFE / octant
36 channels / SFE
outputs:
1 cable / SFE to passive fan-in card (36-40 bits / cable)
location:
CMSC crates (trusses)

Scintillator Readout Controller (SRC) card

1 Readout Controller (RC) / SRC
1 Digital Signal Processor (DSP) / SRC
inputs:
3 coax cables / SRC from MRC for timing signals
1 twisted & flat cable / SRC for control signals to and from MRC
outputs:
1 coax cable / SRC for serial link to L2 (L2 data from DSP via HOTLink)
1 coax cable / SRC for serial link to MRC (L3 data from DSP via HOTLink)
location:
CMSC crates (trusses)

Front End Crates

6 FE Crates
4-8 SFE / crate
MSCET - central east top (oct 1) (4 cards)
MSCES - central east side (oct 0,7) (8 cards)
MSCEB - central east bottom (oct 6) (4 cards)
MSCWT - central west top (oct 2) (4 cards)
MSCWS - central west side (oct 3,4) (8 cards)
MSCWB - central west bottom (oct 5) (4 cards)
1 SRC / crate
1 680xx microprocessor card / crate
1 SC LED pulser card / crate
location:
MSCET: CE truss, top, center of PDT 121
MSCES: CE truss, 3rd level (P.S. level
MSCEB: CE truss, level 1, under stairs
MSCWT: CW truss, top, center of PDT 122
MSCWS: CW truss, 3rd level (P.S. level
MSCWB: CW truss, level 1, under stairs


Last modified: sep 21, 2004

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