Spaceflight KID Readout Electronics for PRIMA

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Auteurs principaux: Essinger-Hileman, Thomas, Bradford, C. Matt, Brown, Patrick, Bryan, Sean, Coldsmith, Jesse, Corekin, Jennifer, Dahal, Sumit, Devlin, Thomas, Foote, Marc, Friedman, Draisy, Geist, Alessandro, Glenn, Jason, Green, Christopher, Jamison-Hooks, Tracee, Horgan, Kevin, Lucey, Jared, Mauskopf, Philip, Miles, Lynn, Newman, Sanetra Bailey, Quilligan, Gerard, Roberson, Cody, Sinclair, Adrian, Sheikh, Salman, Weeks, Eric, Wilson, Christopher, Wise, Travis
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author Essinger-Hileman, Thomas
Bradford, C. Matt
Brown, Patrick
Bryan, Sean
Coldsmith, Jesse
Corekin, Jennifer
Dahal, Sumit
Devlin, Thomas
Foote, Marc
Friedman, Draisy
Geist, Alessandro
Glenn, Jason
Green, Christopher
Jamison-Hooks, Tracee
Horgan, Kevin
Lucey, Jared
Mauskopf, Philip
Miles, Lynn
Newman, Sanetra Bailey
Quilligan, Gerard
Roberson, Cody
Sinclair, Adrian
Sheikh, Salman
Weeks, Eric
Wilson, Christopher
Wise, Travis
author_facet Essinger-Hileman, Thomas
Bradford, C. Matt
Brown, Patrick
Bryan, Sean
Coldsmith, Jesse
Corekin, Jennifer
Dahal, Sumit
Devlin, Thomas
Foote, Marc
Friedman, Draisy
Geist, Alessandro
Glenn, Jason
Green, Christopher
Jamison-Hooks, Tracee
Horgan, Kevin
Lucey, Jared
Mauskopf, Philip
Miles, Lynn
Newman, Sanetra Bailey
Quilligan, Gerard
Roberson, Cody
Sinclair, Adrian
Sheikh, Salman
Weeks, Eric
Wilson, Christopher
Wise, Travis
contents We present the design and testing of a prototype multiplexing kinetic inductance detector (KID) readout electronics for the PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) space mission. PRIMA is a Probe-class astrophysics mission concept that will answer fundamental questions about the formation of planetary systems, the co-evolution of stars and supermassive black holes in galaxies, and the rise of heavy elements and dust over cosmic time. The readout electronics for PRIMA must be compatible with operation at Earth-Sun L2 and capable of multiplexing more than 1000 detectors over 2.5 GHz bandwidth while consuming around 30 W per readout chain. The electronics must also be capable of switching between the two instruments, which have different readout bands: the hyperspectral imager (PRIMAger, 2.6-4.9 GHz) and the spectrometer (FIRESS, 0.4-2.4 GHz). The PRIMA readout electronics use high-heritage SpaceCube digital electronics with a build-to-print SpaceCube Mini v3.0 board using a radiation-tolerant Kintex KU060 field programmable gate array (FPGA) and a custom high-speed digitizer board, along with RF electronics that provide filtering and power conditioning. We present the driving requirements for the system, as well as the hardware, firmware, software, and system-level design that meets those requirements.
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spellingShingle Spaceflight KID Readout Electronics for PRIMA
Essinger-Hileman, Thomas
Bradford, C. Matt
Brown, Patrick
Bryan, Sean
Coldsmith, Jesse
Corekin, Jennifer
Dahal, Sumit
Devlin, Thomas
Foote, Marc
Friedman, Draisy
Geist, Alessandro
Glenn, Jason
Green, Christopher
Jamison-Hooks, Tracee
Horgan, Kevin
Lucey, Jared
Mauskopf, Philip
Miles, Lynn
Newman, Sanetra Bailey
Quilligan, Gerard
Roberson, Cody
Sinclair, Adrian
Sheikh, Salman
Weeks, Eric
Wilson, Christopher
Wise, Travis
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Detectors
We present the design and testing of a prototype multiplexing kinetic inductance detector (KID) readout electronics for the PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) space mission. PRIMA is a Probe-class astrophysics mission concept that will answer fundamental questions about the formation of planetary systems, the co-evolution of stars and supermassive black holes in galaxies, and the rise of heavy elements and dust over cosmic time. The readout electronics for PRIMA must be compatible with operation at Earth-Sun L2 and capable of multiplexing more than 1000 detectors over 2.5 GHz bandwidth while consuming around 30 W per readout chain. The electronics must also be capable of switching between the two instruments, which have different readout bands: the hyperspectral imager (PRIMAger, 2.6-4.9 GHz) and the spectrometer (FIRESS, 0.4-2.4 GHz). The PRIMA readout electronics use high-heritage SpaceCube digital electronics with a build-to-print SpaceCube Mini v3.0 board using a radiation-tolerant Kintex KU060 field programmable gate array (FPGA) and a custom high-speed digitizer board, along with RF electronics that provide filtering and power conditioning. We present the driving requirements for the system, as well as the hardware, firmware, software, and system-level design that meets those requirements.
title Spaceflight KID Readout Electronics for PRIMA
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04816