A 72 channel 125 MSPS analog-to-digital converter module for drift chamber readout for the GlueX detector

We have developed a very high channel density custom A/D converter module for the drift chamber readout requirements of the Glue-X detector at Jefferson Lab Hall-D. This 6U VME64× module has 72 channels, including a low noise differential line receiver, cable frequency response equalization, and signal shaping with a 5th order filter. The signals are digitized at 125 MSPS with an assembly option for either 12 or 14 bit resolution (GlueX will use 12 bit). The digitized data is written continuously to a circular buffer, with an independent read port and pipelined readout path able to extract potentially overlapping signal records at a 200 kHz trigger rate without deadtime. The extracted data is zero suppressed and may be further processed on-board to reduce the data volume, and is then assembled into event records and event block records. Up to 1 MB of output data is buffered on-board and available for readout via 2eSST at up to 320 MByte/s.