NIKEL_AMC: readout electronics for the NIKA2 experiment

O. Bourrion (1) , A. Benoit (2) , J.L. Bouly (1) , J. Bouvier (1) , G. Bosson (1) , M. Calvo (3) , A. Catalano (1) , J. Goupy , C. Li (1) , J.F. Macías-Pérez (1) , A. Monfardini (2) , D. Tourres (1) , N. Ponchant (1) , C. Vescovi (1)

1 LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie
2 NEEL - HELFA - Hélium : du fondamental aux applications
3 NEEL - Cryo - Cryogénie

The New Iram Kid Arrays-2 (NIKA2) instrument, dedicated to mm-wave astronomy, uses microwave kinetic inductance detectors (KID) as sensors. The three arrays installed in the camera feature a total of 3300 KID. To instrument these detectors, a specifically designed electronics, composed of 20 readout boards and hosted in three microTCA crates, has been developed. The implemented solution and the achieved performances are presented in this paper.

Domaines: Instrumentation et méthodes pour l'astrophysique [astro-ph.IM]

O. Bourrion, A. Benoit, J.L. Bouly, J. Bouvier, G. Bosson, et al.. NIKEL_AMC: readout electronics for the NIKA2 experiment. Journal of Instrumentation, 2016, 11, pp.P11001. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/11/11/P11001⟩. ⟨in2p3-01267141⟩