Gating grid driver for gas radiation detectors
Abstract
A gating grid driver for use with radiation detectors, such as time projection chambers and other similar devices that require a gating grid that operates in a bipolar mode with different electrostatic potentials on alternating wires. To open such gating grids, the driver shorts the alternate wires to a common voltage Va. Later, this driver closes the grid by restoring the voltage differences in the adjacent wires. By connecting the driver circuit to the gating grid via low impedance transmission lines, the driver circuit opens the gating grid in 0.35 μs, minimizing the lost drift length associated with this opening time. The circuit consists of 2 pairs of N- and P-MOSFET switches and includes two adjustable capacitors and resistors that can be used to adjust the opening time, and shift the balance of positive and negative charge for individual radiation detector.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1576320
- Patent Number(s):
- 10418991
- Application Number:
- 15/814,908
- Assignee:
- Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0004835
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2017 Nov 16
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Tangwancharoen, Suwat, Tsang, ManYee Betty, and Lynch, William G. Gating grid driver for gas radiation detectors. United States: N. p., 2019.
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Tangwancharoen, Suwat, Tsang, ManYee Betty, & Lynch, William G. Gating grid driver for gas radiation detectors. United States.
Tangwancharoen, Suwat, Tsang, ManYee Betty, and Lynch, William G. Tue .
"Gating grid driver for gas radiation detectors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1576320.
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title = {Gating grid driver for gas radiation detectors},
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abstractNote = {A gating grid driver for use with radiation detectors, such as time projection chambers and other similar devices that require a gating grid that operates in a bipolar mode with different electrostatic potentials on alternating wires. To open such gating grids, the driver shorts the alternate wires to a common voltage Va. Later, this driver closes the grid by restoring the voltage differences in the adjacent wires. By connecting the driver circuit to the gating grid via low impedance transmission lines, the driver circuit opens the gating grid in 0.35 μs, minimizing the lost drift length associated with this opening time. The circuit consists of 2 pairs of N- and P-MOSFET switches and includes two adjustable capacitors and resistors that can be used to adjust the opening time, and shift the balance of positive and negative charge for individual radiation detector.},
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