Development and testing of a flash analog-to-digital converter based system for pulse shape discrimination of nuclear radiation pulses

Author

Al-Haddad, Meyassar N. ; Lin, Chuan ; Miller, William H. ; Berliner, Ronald R.

Author_Institution

Res. Reactor, Missouri Univ., Columbia, MO, USA

Volume

41

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

10/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1765

Lastpage

1769

Abstract

A digital signal processor (DSP) based system is under development for analyzing and processing pulses produced by radiation detectors. The system is designed to replace conventional pulse-type, analog-to-digital converters. It is capable of capturing the complete radiation induced pulse in digital form. Subsequently, all the pulse features can be analyzed digitally (e.g., pulse validation, energy information, dynamic threshold determination, pulse duration, pulse shape analysis, and noise reduction). A prototype system has been built and performance parameters have been evaluated

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; nuclear electronics; particle detectors; digital analysis; digital signal processor; dynamic threshold determination; energy information; flash analog-to-digital converter; noise reduction; nuclear radiation pulses; pulse duration; pulse shape analysis; pulse shape discrimination; pulse validation; radiation detectors; Analog-digital conversion; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processors; Information analysis; Noise reduction; Pulse shaping methods; Radiation detectors; Shape; Signal analysis; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.317387

Filename

317387