A spacecraft multichannel analyzer for a multidetector solid state detector array
Abstract
A newly-designed, low-power spacecraft multichannel analyzer (16 to 256 energy channels) has been developed with the capability of servicing a multidetector array of solid state particle detectors. Various system configurations are presented, based on the requirements of a specific detector array concept. The multidetector-multichannel analyzer features controllable energy and time resolution, 11-bit data compression, compactness (13 x 20 cm PC card), and analog display outputs of formatted and accumulated data for CRT display and microprocessor interface. Also featured is the ability of the system to automatically accommodate detector noise leve
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Pub Date:
- February 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TNS.1982.4335822
- Bibcode:
- 1982ITNS...29..173V
- Keywords:
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- Radiation Detectors;
- Signal Analyzers;
- Solid State Devices;
- Spacecraft Instruments;
- Data Compression;
- Data Sampling;
- Electromagnetic Noise;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation