Multiple channel programmable coincidence counter

Patent Application · Mon Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7065939

Arnone, G.J.

A programmable digital coincidence counter having multiple channels and featuring minimal dead time. Neutron detectors supply electrical pulses to a synchronizing circuit which in turn inputs derandomized pulses to an adding circuit. A random access memory circuit connected as a programmable length shift register receives and shifts the sum of the pulses, and outputs to a serializer. A counter is input by the adding circuit and downcounted by the serializer, one pulse at a time. The decoded contents of the counter after each decrement is output to scalers.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7315871
• Application Number: ON: DE90014681; PPN: US 7-315871
• OSTI ID: 7065939
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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DESIGN
NEUTRON DETECTORS
COINCIDENCE METHODS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
INVENTIONS
PROGRAMMING
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
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