Braun MCA166-USB Network Card User Manual


 
6.1.2 ADC
1. Successive approximation ADC with sliding scale linearisation
Channel splitting 128, 256, 512, 1K, 2K, or 4K
Full input voltage range 3V, positive and negative (10V with external attenuator)
2. ADC Dead time (including time needed to write into memory)
< 8 µsec
3. Nonlinearities
Differential nonlinearity (over 95% channel range) <2%
Integral nonlinearity (over 95% channel range) <0.1%
4. Peak capturing
Works with pulse of gaussian shaping amplifier (range of shaping time constant
between 0.5µs and 5µs)
5. Temperature Stability
TK 100 (ADC), TK 500 (Amplifier)
6. Discriminators and threshold
Digital LLD and ULD (allows channelwise cutting)
Analogue threshold (2...60% of ADC range)
Multi Channel Scaling (MCS) mode allowing to count the following pulses
TTL input pulses (minimum width of flat top 0.2µs) not routed through the ADC
(maximum rate 1 MHz)
LLD/ULD counting mode, counting pulses within a preset digital window
Count rate derived from internal amplifier ICR signal (maximum count rate
determined by count rate limitation of amplifier )
Dwell time 0.01s to 500s
7. Spectrometric performance:
Resolution (FWHM) for typical 500mm² planar HPGe detector for count rates <
10000cps and a Co-57 source at 122keV:
610±20eV at 1µs shaping time
580±20eV at 2µs shaping time
Peak shift:
< 0.5% for 1µs shaping time and count rates from 1000 to 70000cps
< 0.2% for 2µs shaping time and count rates from 1000 to 40000cps
deterioration of FWHM < 5% for both conditions
Throughput in memory:
at least 25000cps in memory at 50000cps input rate and 1µs shaping time
at least 13000cps in memory at 30000cps input rate and 2µs shaping time
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