학술논문

A New Front-End High-Resolution Sampling Board for the New-Generation Electronics of EXOGAM2 and NEDA Detectors
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on. 62(3):1056-1062 Jun, 2015
Subject
Nuclear Engineering
Bioengineering
Detectors
Noise
Energy resolution
Timing
Bandwidth
Energy measurement
Signal resolution
Acquisition in HP-Ge detectors
high-speed ADCs
low-noise electronics design
Language
ISSN
0018-9499
1558-1578
Abstract
This paper presents the final design and results of the FADC Mezzanine for the EXOGAM (EXOtic GAMma array spectrometer) and NEDA (Neutron Detector Array) detectors. The measurements performed include those of studying the effective number of bits, the energy resolution using HP-Ge detectors, as well as timing histograms and ${\rm n}/\gamma $ discrimination performance. Finally, the conclusion shows how a common digitizing device has been integrated in the experimental environment of two very different detectors which combine both low-noise acquisition and fast sampling rates. Not only the integration fulfilled the expected specifications on both systems, but it also showed how a study of synergy between detectors could lead to the reduction of resources and time by applying a common strategy.