A Low-Power, High-Speed Readout for Pixel Detectors Based on an Arbitration Tree.

In this article, a low-power, high-speed arbitration tree for pixel detector readout is presented. The synchronized, binary tree priority encoder establishes a position-dependent priority list at the start of every time frame. Pixels that indicate the presence of data for readout are sequentially granted access to a shared bus for data transfer to the periphery, without the use of an additional gl...