High-speed nuclear quality pulse height analyzer for synchrotron-based applications
A high throughput Pulse Height Analyzer system for synchrotron-based applications requiring high resolution, high processing speed and low dead time has been developed. The system is comprised of a 120ns 12-bit nuclear quality Analog to Digital converter with a self-adaptive fast peak detector-stretcher and a custom-made fast histogramming memory module that records and processes the digitized data. The histogramming module is packaged in a VME or VXI compatible interface. Data is transferred through a fast optical link from the memory interface to a computer. A dedicated data acquisition program matches the hardware characteristics of the histogramming memory module. The data acquisition system allows for two data collection modes: ''standard'' data acquisition mode where the data is accumulated and read in synchronization with an external trigger and ''live'' data acquisition mode where the system operates as a standard Pulse Height Analyzer. The acquisition, standard or live, can be performed on several channels simultaneously. A two-channel prototype has been demonstrated at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory accelerator in conjunction with an X-ray Fluorescence Absorption Spectroscopy experiment. A detailed description of the entire system is given and experimental data is shown.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of Basic Energy Studies (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 783505
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-47771; R&D Project: 723005; TRN: US0104013
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE-Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, CA (US), 11/04/2001--11/10/2001; Other Information: PBD: 1 Apr 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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