USB 2.0 data acquisition system for high-speed X-ray elemental mapping

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Alberti, R ^a,b   Guazzoni, C ^a,b   Klatka, T ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analogue electronic circuits; Data acquisition circuits; X ray fluorescence (XRF) systems

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS; DATA ACQUISITION CIRCUIT; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; SHAPING AMPLIFIER; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR; VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATA VISUALIZATION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); SILICON DETECTORS;

X RAYS;

EID: 62649107147     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/03/P03003     Document Type: Article

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