A high resolution TDC subsystem

Conference · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:6598349

Geiges, R; Merle, K ^[1]

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1. Mainz Univ. (Germany)

A high resolution TDC subsystem was developed at the Institute for Nuclear Physics in Mainz. The TDC chip offers a time resolution of less than 300 ps and a programmable measurement range from 0 to 16 [mu]sec. The time measurement is done with a new, purely digital counting method. The chip can be operated in common start or common stop mode. In common start mode the chip is able to store up to 4 multiple hits per channel. The chip is used to build a transputer controlled subsystem for the measurement of the drift times of a vertical drift chamber. The design of the subsystem will be described and the first results from the tests of the prototype system will be presented.

• OSTI ID: 6598349
• Report Number(s): CONF-930640-; CODEN: IETNAE
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 41:1Pt1; Conference: RT '93: 8th IEEE conference on real-time computer applications in nuclear, particle and plasma physics, Vancouver (Canada), 8-11 Jun 1993; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE TESTING
DRIFT CHAMBERS
TIME MEASUREMENT
MODULAR STRUCTURES
PERFORMANCE
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTORS
TESTING
440104* - Radiation Instrumentation- High Energy Physics Instrumentation