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[John Parsons <parsons AT nevis.columbia.edu>]

FYI


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Subject: Re: [Usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l] FW: Questions Part B
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:54:18 -0400
From: John Parsons <parsons AT nevis.columbia.edu>
To: Elliot Lipeles <lipeles AT hep.upenn.edu>, 
usatlas-hllhc-l2deputymgmt-nsf-l AT lists.bnl.gov
CC: Mel Shochet <shochet AT hep.uchicago.edu>, Stephanie Majewski 
<smajewsk AT uoregon.edu>, Wade Fisher <wfisher.msu AT gmail.com>


Here are LAr draft replies.  We can try improve/shorten
a bit during lunch, but have to stop now for the
mgmt review session.

                John

On 7/30/19 9:36 AM, Elliot Lipeles wrote:
> Here are the trigger responses...
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 6:33 AM mark oreglia <oreglia AT uchicago.edu 
> <mailto:oreglia AT uchicago.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Here are answers to the Tile questions (also in pdf format attached).
>
>
>     =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>     Tile Calorimeter
>
>
>
>     20) In your documentation, you describe simplifications of the Tile
>     ELMB2 motherboard.
>
>           Can you explain what allowed this simplification and if it has
>     any
>     impact
>
>           on the performance of the circuits?
>
>
>
>     21) What is the magnetic field at that location in ATLAS?  Have the
>     components been
>
>           tested in that field?
>
>     For the fingers, we have up to 20 Gauss in normal fingers and up to 50
>     Gauss in some special fingers.
>     The transformers we use on the bricks are rated for up to 100 Gauss.
>     But we also have a few inductors in the bricks.
>     We are planning to perform magnetic field tests on the entire LV box to
>     make sure that brick’s performance
>     would not be affected under magnetic field.
>
>     The Main Board has already been tested in magnetic fields 20 times
>     higher than the ambient field.
>
>
>
>     22) How will the experiment pilot inform the production?  Does the
>     production start
>
>           before that pilot program sees beam?
>
>     The demonstrator drawer inserted in ATLAS is primarily a field test of
>     the mechanical structure, power dissipation
>     and ambient noise. These have all passed.  Going forward, the
>     demonstrator provides a platform for testing the back-end electronics,
>     communication of slow controls, and trigger configurations.
>
>
>
>     23) Does the long board get extensive temperature cycling?  Are their
>     hidden vias?
>
>     The Main Boards are burned-in at 60C for 5 days as part of the
>     production process. We have not experienced
>     any temperature related failures on the 20 boards produced so far. Yes,
>     there are hidden vias on this 14-layer board.
>
>
>
>     24) Are there really fuses in the low voltage power supply?
>
>     We do not have any fuses on the bricks themselves. But the 200 V input
>     is being distributed to the bricks
>     through a fuse board in the LV Box, with individual fuses for each
>     brick. There are also some fuses on
>     the output voltage of the bricks, which are located on the mainboards.
>     These are supposed to disconnect a
>     faulty mainboard side from one brick.
>
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