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High resolution, high rate x-ray spectrometer

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6553610
A system is described for processing pulses generated in response to detected signals of differing magnitudes, the system comprising: a main channel pulse shaping means for generating a substantially symmetrical triangular main channel pulse in response to each detected signal. The main channel pulses have amplitudes proportional to the magnitudes of the detected signals, the main channel pulses each having a substantially constant pulse width; a fast channel pulse shaping means for generating a substantially symmetrical triangular fast channel pulse in response to each detected signal. The fast channel pulses each have a substantially constant pulse width which is substantially independent of the magnitudes of the detected signals and which is substantially less than the pulse width of the main channel pulses; and output means for receiving the main channel pulses and for generating output pulses corresponding to the main channel pulses, with the amplitudes of the output pulses being proportional to the amplitude of the main channel pulses to which they correspond.
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
Patent Number(s):
US 4658216
OSTI ID:
6553610
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English