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["Kiselev, Alexander" <ayk AT bnl.gov>]

  Hi Daniel,

  this is a question to Gabor I think. We estimated the total power consumption to be below 30W (perhaps 20-25W if part of the ASIC functionality is turned off), there must be at least one of these regulators per FMC board, and power efficiency was supposed to be >90%. Sounds like ~1W or so of power per spot to me?

  Cheers,

    Alexander.

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From: Cacace, Daniel <dcacace AT bnl.gov>
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Subject: Re: [Eic-projdet-pfrich-electronics-l] HRPPD HGCROC backplane interface document r12

 

Hi Alexander,

How much heat are we talking about and what temp do you want them? If it's not very much, we can use something like this: https://www.mcmaster.com/8822T912/

Cheers,

Dan Cacace
sPHENIX & ePIC
Physics Department
Office: 631.344.2197
dcacace AT bnl.gov

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Subject: Re: [Eic-projdet-pfrich-electronics-l] HRPPD HGCROC backplane interface document r12

 

  Dear Christophe, All,

  Concerning the unification of power connectors, after our Friday meeting I also realized that this was not a good idea, even if power levels were the same on both types of boards (because one can still accidentally change a correct connection when two FPGA boards are powered at once into an incorrect one when ASIC and FPGA boards are powered at the same time). Somehow I had a false "one cable only" picture in mind when proposing this unification. If however you were going to feed 1.2V to the ASIC board, we absolutely should not use the same connector, up to the point that the pitch should better be chosen differently (or otherwise one should not be technically able to plug a cord in a wrong place).

  -> Pierrick, will you choose a different one on your board? Or we ask Gabor to make a change?

  Concerning noise, will the heat sink itself (in FPGA configuration only) be usable as a shield? See the picture attached. It will be grounded by a braid to the ASIC board itself, and all the ASICs will be sitting under the aluminum plate. One can think of building one more sink like this, with a cutaway for a Twinax cable (then usable on your test stand with the FMC board as well). I'm rather reluctant to change Gabor's V0 board design now, to move the regulators. This can later be fixed in V1, or (if absolutely needed) in V0 FPGA board, correct?

  Concerning overheating, Daniel: can we use thick gap pads you showed me once, so that there is a thermal contact between the regulators and one of the neighboring heat sinks?

  Cheers,

    Alexander.

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Subject: Re: [Eic-projdet-pfrich-electronics-l] HRPPD HGCROC backplane interface document r12

 

dear all,

looking at the boards and schematics with Pierrick and Damien, we are a bit worried to use the same connector for the direct ASIC power supply and for the FPGA as a risk of bringing 5V to the ASICs if plugged in the wrong place, this would destroy all the chips.  We could use 2x2 and a 1x4 in the different locations to minimize this risk or avoid mounting them on the ASIC board if the powering via FMC/FPGA board is OK.

The DCDC convertor can also be a source of noise as the chips inputs are very sensitive. On CMS hexaboards, the convertors have to be shielded and we saw on the noise the place where there was a hole in the shield... Facing the chips rather than the outside may also increase the risk of noise coupling.  Providing possibility of mounting a shield, thoroughly connected to ground would be useful.

The heat dissipation of both DCDC and linear regulators may also be an issue, are you confident that they will not overheat ?

Probably we can proceed as it is now in order not to delay the schedule and keep it for next version.

Best regards :  Christophe

On 14/11/2023 15:43, Kiselev, Alexander via Eic-projdet-pfrich-electronics-l wrote:

  Hello colleagues,

  attached is r14, with the recent corrections by Gabor implemented, and hyperlinks working.

  Please provide your feedback by tomorrow Wednesday. I'd also appreciate if people address the highlighted items by the end of this week, except for sections 5 & 6.

  Regards,

    Alexander.

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From: Kiselev, Alexander
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:59 AM
To: Camarda, Timothy via Eic-projdet-pfrich-electronics-l <eic-projdet-pfrich-electronics-l AT lists.bnl.gov>
Subject: HRPPD HGCROC backplane interface document r12

 

  Hello colleagues,

  r12 with the modifications following our Friday meeting is attached. I believe I incorporated all comments, and also uploaded all new materials.

  Missing items are color coded: magenta (AK), red (Pierrick), cyan (Gabor), yellow (Miklos), green (Daniel). Some of them require more work to converge.

  Daniel: once Pierrick provides his CAD model, please perform a final consistency check, at which point one can start finalizing the cooling system configuration.

  All those with experience in schematics (but Pierrick in particular): please consider providing your feedback to the FMC board package revision r03 which Gabor sent out yesterday (it is also linked from the attached pdf file), by Wednesday.

  Regards,

    Alexander.

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