EDIT 2011 School

 

 

Basic and advanced electronics

Conveners: S. Marchioro
Professors of Excellence and Lecturers: J. de Cuveland (FIAS, Frankfurt), C. De La Taille (LAL), V. Lindenstruth (FIAS, Frankfurt), X. Llopart (CERN), H. Spieler (Un. of California, Berkley)
Tutors: S. Kirsch (Heidelberg Un.), D. Hutter (FIAS, Frankfurt)

The electronics lectures and relative practical courses will cover:

  • Refresher on elementary circuits with laboratory course on Spice simulation
    • Simple circuits: diode, transistors, etc.
    • Analog building blocks: OP-Amps
    • Digital Building Blocks: Gates
    • Elementary Linear Systems Theory (for Stability)
    • Elementary Feedback theory
  • Analog Signal Processing with laboratory course on Matlab exercises on FE design
    • Amplification - From a bunch of electrons to a plot on the screen
    • Filtering - What is a shaper and why do we need it?
    • The mysterious A to D converter: how to understand it
    • If analog is good, why is digital better?
  • Microelectronics with laboratory course on microelectronics design flow - From Ideas to Chips
    • Introduction to microelectronics
    • Microelectronics Technology
    • Why chips fail in radiation
    • Impact of Microelectronics on Instrumentation
  • FPGA and programmable devices theory and practical exercises
    • What is an FPGA ?
    • Tools and languages to program FPGAs
    • Why are FPGA so useful and popular?
    • How do I program an FPGA?
    • Compare FPGA to microprocessors and DSP
    • FPGA in trigger applications
  • Silicon Detector Electronic Read-Out chain with laboratory course on Exercises with real Si detector