Overall trigger timing
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Below is my current understanding of the trigger timing for the BCAL test:
Time |
What |
Comment |
0 ns |
electron hits tagger foil |
|
115 ns |
photon hits BCAL |
125 ns to alcove, but BCAL is about 10 feet upstream on the platform |
215 ns |
BCAL PMT signals reach discriminators |
20 ns in PMT plus 80 ns cable |
245 ns |
discriminator sum outputs available |
30 ns a guess, but must be delayed before final AND in any case |
310 ns |
Tagger MOR reaches final AND logic |
230 ns + 80 ns? cable, see Tagger trigger timing |
310 ns |
discriminator sums reach final AND |
Delayed to match MOR |
325 ns |
result of final AND reaches trigger supervisor |
15 ns a guess through trigger logic |
370 ns |
trigger supervisor L1 accept ready |
45 ns internal to TS |
385 ns |
gate reaches ADC crate |
15 ns a guess cable plus gate generator plus cable |
390 ns |
BCAL signals reach ADC crate |
20 ns in PMT plus 250 ns cable plus photon flight time |