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A high resolution 14-bit ADC for Gammasphere Project

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OSTI ID:6561606
A system of 110 high performance A/D converters, required for the Gammasphere Project at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, is described. The ADCs are compact, linear ([plus minus])0.006% integral, [plus minus]0.5% differential, with a conversion deadtime of 5.3 [mu]s and channel profile flatness of 50% over a 13-bit range. The converter is based on a new low power (0.25 W), low cost, monolithic high speed sampling ADC, exibiting a very high stability and no missing codes over the entire 16-bit range. Differential linearity was achieved by applying the Gatti method'', covering a 8-bit range. Measured data and methods of testing the ADC are also resented.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6561606
Report Number(s):
LBL-32246; CONF-921005--32; ON: DE93010446
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English