Title :
The EUROGAM trigger system
Author :
Coleman-Smith, P. ; Karkour, N. ; Lazarus, I. ; McPherson, G.M. ; Richard, A. ; Ring, C.
Author_Institution :
Daresbury Lab., Warrington, UK
Abstract :
The EUROGAM detector array uses the VXI backplane system for front-end electronics including triggering and readout. The trigger system is distributed, with an intelligent local trigger in each of the detector electronics channels. Novel aspects of the system are the use of VXI lines to generate and to distribute trigger signals and the distributed nature of the system to allow efficient parallel and pipelined operation with low system deadtimes.<>
Keywords :
nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; scintillation counters; semiconductor counters; trigger circuits; EUROGAM detector array; VXI backplane system; detector electronics channels; front-end electronics; intelligent local trigger; pipelined operation; system deadtimes; trigger system; Backplanes; Event detection; Gamma ray detection; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma rays; Laboratories; Phase detection; Scattering; Sensor arrays; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Fe, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0513-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1991.258861
