A 16 channels multi detector pulse shape amplifier with serialized readout

Author

Boiano, C. ; Guglielmetti, A. ; Riboldi, S.

Author_Institution

Sez. di Milano, INFN, Milan, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

865

Lastpage

867

Abstract

We present a new highly integrated 16-channels pulse shape amplifier, suitable for processing signals from a variety of radiation detectors: its processing capabilities range from the relatively slow signals of charge sensitive preamplifier, up to the very fast signals typical of scintillation detectors coupled to photo-multiplier tubes (PMT). The amplifier provides the pulse shape analysis using the double constant fraction discriminator technique 131 and for each channel is also present a stretcher circuit and a time to amplitude converter (TAC) section, which allow sequential readout of time and energy parameters.

Keywords

nuclear electronics; photomultipliers; readout electronics; scintillation counters; TAC section; charge sensitive preamplifier signals; double constant fraction discriminator technique; highly integrated 16-channels pulse shape amplifier; multidetector pulse shape amplifier; photo-multiplier tubes; processing signals; pulse shape analysis; radiation detector variety; scintillation detectors; serialized readout; stretcher circuit; time-to-amplitude converter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2028-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551228

Filename

6551228