Title :
`Where and when´ integrated particle detector
Author :
Goldfinch, J ; Hatfield, J V
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Manchester Univ., UK
fDate :
4/25/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An integrated circuit is described which uses a 32-phase clock to record the arrival time of incident particles. The chip architecture is such that data can be acquired continuously with a temporal resolution of 1 ns and with a peak input frequency approaching 500 MHz. The device incorporates cache memory and write only if data (WOID) techniques to maximise the throughput of the chip
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; coincidence circuits; digital integrated circuits; position sensitive particle detectors; spectrometer accessories; time of flight spectrometers; 32-phase clock; 500 MHz; ASIC; arrival time; cache memory; chip architecture; incident particles; integrated particle detector; microchannel plate detector; peak input frequency; spectrometer systems; temporal resolution; write only if data;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960521
