An FPGA-based, 12-channel TDC and digital signal processing module for the RatCAP scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 919-923

  Junnarkar, Sachin S ^a   Purschke, Martin ^a   Pratte, Jean Francois ^a   Park, Sang June ^a   O'Connor, Paul ^a   Fontaine, Réjean ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRONT END SIGNAL PROCESSING; LOGIC ELEMENTS; ROUTING DELAYS; TIMING SPECTRUM;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DECODING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; LOGIC CIRCUITS; ROUTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 33846607677     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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