Publications and Documentation

Theses

• S. Loechner, Development, Optimisation and Characterisation of a Radiation Hard Mixed-Signal Readout Chip for LHCb,
  Dissertation (pdf, 14 MB) and used figures (tar.gz, 26 MB), Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Heidelberg, 2006
• N. Smale, Multi-Anode Photon-Multiplier Readout Electronics for the LHCb Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detectors, Dissertation,
  University of Oxford, Michaelmas Term 2004
• D. Baumeister, Development and Characterisation of a Radiation Hard Readout Chip for the LHCb-Experiment, Dissertation,
  Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Heidelberg, 2003
• E. Sexauer, Development of Radiation Hard Readout Electronics for LHCb, Dissertation,
  Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Heidelberg, 2001

LHCb-Notes

• Investigation of characteristics and radiation hardness of the BeetleCO 1.0 chip
  (revised LHCb-2001-037), 28.11.2001
• Requirements to the Front End Chip for the LHCb Vertex Detector (revised LHCb-2001-048), 18.5.2001

Reports

• Report of the Beetle1.2 Review (pdf), Heidelberg, 22.1.2003,

Documentation

• Beetle Specification
• Beetle1.1
• The Beetle Reference Manual 1.0 and 1.1 (LHCb-2001-046), 23.4.2001
  known bug on page 6: The analogue input pads have a pitch of 40.24um!
• Pad description (1.1)
• Beetle1.2
• The Beetle Reference Manual 1.2 (LHCb-2002-055), 17.2.2004
• Pad description (1.2)
• Beetle1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5
• The Beetle Reference Manual for Beetle version 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5 (LHCb-2005-105), 22.8.2006
• Pad description (1.3 / 1.4)
• Pad description (1.5)

external Documentation

• Documentation of the ACEX testboard
• Analog Devices Inc., AD8129/AD8130, Low-Cost 270 MHz Differential Receiver Amplifiers, 2001
• National Semiconductor Corporation, DS90C031, LVDS Quad CMOS Differential Line Driver, October 12, 1998
• National Semiconductor Corporation, DS90C032, LVDS Quad CMOS Differential Line Receiver, September 22, 2003
• Philips Semiconductors, The I2C-bus and how to use it (including specifications), April 1995
• Philips Semiconductors, Bi-directional level shifter for I2C-bus and other systems, August 4, 1997