Efficiency studies of the front-end trigger device of the muon drift tubes for the CMS detector at LHC

Three simplified prototypes of the first-level trigger front-end device for the muon barrel drift chambers of CMS were tested on a chamber prototype. Tests were performed at several incidence angles of a muon beam and with different magnetic field configurations. The recorded drift times were also used to test a full software model reproducing the actual algorithm applied in the final ASIC being produced. The efficiency performance of this software model and of the tested prototype are presented in this paper.