Development of a monolithic constant fraction discriminator

Author

Tanaka, Manobu ; Ikeda, Hirokazu ; Ikeda, Mitsuo ; Inaba, Susumu

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. for High Energy Phys., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

39

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1321

Lastpage

1325

Abstract

A constant fraction discriminator was developed with a bipolar application-specific IC (ASIC) technology from NEC without a delay. It is called the differentiation constant fraction discriminator (DCFD). Prototype chips were examined for their integrity and performance. This technology has significant advantages over others currently in use for applications in high-density integration, and particularly for some large-scale experiments such as the B-factory and SSC. The performance of this differentiated constant fraction integrated circuit was tested by a trapezoidal input signal. The function of the DCFD IC was exactly as expected, and the full width of the time walk was 1 ns or less

Keywords

discriminators; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; ASIC; B-factory; DCFD; DCFD IC; SSC; bipolar application-specific IC; differentiation constant fraction discriminator; drift chambers; high-density integration; integrity; monolithic constant fraction discriminator; performance; time walk; trapezoidal input signal; Analog integrated circuits; Attenuators; Computational fluid dynamics; Delay; Fluctuations; Frequency; National electric code; Prototypes; Stability; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.173199

Filename

173199