The ATLAS tile calorimeter digitizer

The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter digitizer system samples photomultiplier signals from the scintillating tiles of the hadronic calorimeter. For each channel a pair of 10-bit ADCs digitize high and low gain signals at 40.08 MHz to provide the necessary 16-bit dynamic range. The sampled data is temporarily stored in digital pipelines for up to 6.375 \mu­s, awaiting a level-1 accept. For each accept received, the corresponding sampled pulse is transferred to a derandomizer buffer for subsequent readout to the data acquisition system (DAQ). The main functionality of the digitizer is implemented in radiation tolerant ASICs, using a fault tolerant architecture to minimize the consequences of radiation induced faults.