Miniature-MCA Technology kve1op"S"
J.K. Halbig, Shirley F. Klosterbuer, M.M. Stephens, Richard Biddle · 1992
digital integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC not only reduces the size of the circuitry, but lends great versatility without re We have mntly reduced the size of multichannel analyzers layout of the circuit boards. (MCAs) and have implemented more features in hardware to We are using these ASIC techniques in a design to enhance relieve software requirements. We built and tested a spec- the high-count-rate throughput of the portable MCA used troscopy grade, 4096-channel MCA. Exclusive of amplifier extensively in de-. and power supply, it fits on two boards each approximately 7 by 15 cm. This paper discusses the features and performance of the analyzer and some reasonable applications of these technologies.