Multiple channel programmable coincidence counter

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:867355

Arnone, Gaetano J. ^[1]

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1. (Los Alamos, NM)

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 seralizer, one pulse at a time. The decoded contents of the counter after each decrement is output to scalers.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4920271
• OSTI ID: 867355
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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multiple
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programmable
coincidence
counter
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channels
featuring
minimal
dead
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neutron
detectors
supply
electrical
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synchronizing
circuit
inputs
derandomized
adding
random
access
memory
connected
length
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outputs
serializer
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seralizer
pulse
decoded
contents
decrement
output
scalers
random access
access memory
circuit connected
multiple channel
neutron detector
electrical pulses
multiple channels
shift register
electrical pulse
dead time
coincidence counter
neutron detectors
minimal dead
supply electrical
memory circuit
coincidence count
programmable digital
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