DIFFERENTIAL PULSE HEIGHT DISCRIMINATOR
Abstract
Pulse-height discriminators are described, specifically a differential pulse-height discriminator which is adapted to respond to pulses of a band of amplitudes, but to reject pulses of amplitudes greater or less than tbe preselected band. In general, the discriminator includes a vacuum tube having a plurality of grids adapted to cut off plate current in the tube upon the application of sufficient negative voltage. One grid is held below cutoff, while a positive pulse proportional to the amplltude of each pulse is applled to this grid. Another grid has a negative pulse proportional to the amplitude of each pulse simultaneously applied to it. With this arrangement the tube will only pass pulses which are of sufficlent amplitude to counter the cutoff bias but not of sufficlent amplitude to cutoff the tube.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4247406
- Patent Number(s):
- 2860242
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H03 - BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-13-008399
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUBES; GRIDS; PLATES; PULSE ANALYZERS; PULSES; VACUUM
Citation Formats
Test, L D. DIFFERENTIAL PULSE HEIGHT DISCRIMINATOR. United States: N. p., 1958.
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Test, L D. DIFFERENTIAL PULSE HEIGHT DISCRIMINATOR. United States.
Test, L D. Tue .
"DIFFERENTIAL PULSE HEIGHT DISCRIMINATOR". United States.
@article{osti_4247406,
title = {DIFFERENTIAL PULSE HEIGHT DISCRIMINATOR},
author = {Test, L D},
abstractNote = {Pulse-height discriminators are described, specifically a differential pulse-height discriminator which is adapted to respond to pulses of a band of amplitudes, but to reject pulses of amplitudes greater or less than tbe preselected band. In general, the discriminator includes a vacuum tube having a plurality of grids adapted to cut off plate current in the tube upon the application of sufficient negative voltage. One grid is held below cutoff, while a positive pulse proportional to the amplltude of each pulse is applled to this grid. Another grid has a negative pulse proportional to the amplitude of each pulse simultaneously applied to it. With this arrangement the tube will only pass pulses which are of sufficlent amplitude to counter the cutoff bias but not of sufficlent amplitude to cutoff the tube.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1958},
month = {11}
}