The GRT4 VME pulse processing card for segmented germanium detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1353-1357

  Lazarus, I H ^a   Appelbe, D E ^a   Boston, A J ^b   Coleman Smith, P J ^a   Cresswell, J R ^b   Descovich, M ^b,c   Gros, S A A ^b   Lauer, M ^d   Norman, J ^b   Pearson, C J ^e   Pucknell, V F E ^a   Sampson, J A ^b   Turk, G ^b   Valiente Dobon, J J ^e  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital signal processing; Digitizer; Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); Gamma ray spectroscopy detectors; Germanium radiation detectors; Pulse shape analysis (PSA); Segmented detectors

Indexed keywords

DIGITIZER; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY DETECTORS; GERMINATION RADIATION DETECTORS; PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS (PSA); SEGMENTED DETECTORS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA RECORDING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PULSE CIRCUITS; SCANNING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 4444267755     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832704     Document Type: Conference Paper

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