Speaker
Description
New fully integrated digital signal processing technology called Radio
Frequency System on a Chip (RFSoC) developed for communications and
defense applications will set the standard for future astronomical
instruments which utilize superconducting arrays of kinetic inductance
detectors (KID), Transition edge sensors (TES), and nanowire single
photon detectors (SNSPD). The RFSoC combines a fabric of
reconfigurable logic, high speed input/output digitizers, and a
microprocessor all onto a single integrated chip. This dramatically
reduces the size, weight, and power of the system while simultaneously
increasing the instantaneous bandwidth. In parallel the open source
community has developed a Python interface for high performance SoCs
which allows for rapid software development. Taking advantage of this
product of Moore's law and leveraging previous work we have begun
firmware development on the ZCU111 RFSoC evaluation board. We report
on the algorithms, firmware, and software implementation as well as
preliminary measurements with superconducting arrays. We will also
discuss the potential for RFSoC-based readouts as a platform for
balloon-borne and space based telescopes.
| Student (Ph.D., M.Sc. or B.Sc.) | Y |
|---|---|
| Less than 5 years of experience since completion of Ph.D | Y |
