New pulse-shape analysis method with multi-shaping amplifiers

A novel pulse-shape analysis method that uses similarity to recognize an individual pulse shape is presented in this paper. We obtain four pulse heights by using four linear amplifiers with different shaping time constants. We treat a combination of the four pulse heights as a pattern vector. A similarity of the pulse shape can be obtained by comparison between the pattern vector and a discriminant vector which was given in advance. Each pulse shape is analyzed by using the similarity. The method has been applied for the improvement of characteristics of a CdZnTe semiconductor detector. The characteristics of the energy spectrum of the CdZnTe detector such as the photopeak efficiency or the peak-to-valley ratio are improved after the correction procedure with the similarity.