Triggering
of the PhTiMeS
No Phobos L0.
Phobos L1 (PhL1) is synchronized with the RF and have constant delay relative to the triggering bunch crossing.
RF is not measured in the TDC.
Upon receiving of the PhL1 the
PhTiMeS calculates a region of interest (ROI) by subtracting the L1 Settling Time from the current clock
position. Obviously, the width of the ROI should cover spread of the hits plus
one clock. All hits
from the ROI will be transferred to an L1 output buffer (circular buffer, 256
word deep).
Note. The maximum bunch filling of the
RHIC is 112, in this case the distance between the possible bunch crossing is 3 RF ticks = 108 ns.