A Trigger Data Serialize ASIC for the ATLAS Forward Muon Detector Upgrade

The small-strip Thin-Gap Chambers (sTGC) will be used as both trigger and precision tracking muon detectors for the Phase-I upgrade of the ATLAS New Small Wheel (NSW) muon detector. A Trigger data serializer (TDS) ASIC is required to prepare trigger data for both sTGC pad and strip detectors, perform pad-strip matching, and serializer trigger data to the circuits on the rim the rim of the NSW detector. The large number of input channels (128 differential input channels), short time available to prepare and transmit trigger data (<100 ns), high speed output data rate (4.8 Gbps), harsh radiation environment (about 300 kRad), and low power consumption (<1 W) all impose great challenges for the design of this ASIC using the IBM 130 nm CMOS process. We present our design and consderation of the TDS ASIC and the first prototype we built