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A 16-channel gated integrator for high-resolution energy spectroscopy systems

NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

A 16-channel gated integrator for high-resolution energy spectroscopy systems

ZHOU Chaoyang
SU Hong
KONG Jie
DONG Chengfu
QIAN Yi
YANG Haibo
MA Xiaoli
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.23, No.4pp.237-241Published in print 20 Aug 2012
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A 16-channel gated integrator (GI) module following semi-Gaussian shaping amplifiers was developed for high-resolution energy spectroscopy systems at Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. This GI solved the ballistic deficit problem by integrating the signal until all the charge was collected from the detector at counting rates up to 100 K. In this paper, a fast shaper was used to optimize the gate logic to ensure nonlinearity of the GI less than 0.17%; and a novel compensation approach, to reduce the charge injection from the switches in the GI; and a T-switch configuration, to eliminate leakage current in the reset switch.

Energy spectroscopyGated integratorCharge injection compensationLeakage current elimination
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