High-speed FPGA-based pulse-height analyzer for high resolution X-ray spectroscopy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 854-860

  Buzzetti, S ^a,b   Capou, M ^a,b   Guazzoni, C ^a,b   Longoni, A ^b,c,d   Mariani, R ^b,e   Moser, S ^b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d IFN CNR   (Italy)

^e Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

High resolution spectroscopy; Multichannel analyzer; Pulse height analyzer

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY CONTROLS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; MULTICHANNEL ANALYZER; PULSE-HEIGHT ANALYZER;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BANDWIDTH; DETECTORS; FREQUENCIES; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION; X RAYS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS;

EID: 27644597232     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.852699     Document Type: Article

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