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View SchemaDesign guide for electronics for resistive charge division in thermal neutron detection
| Authors | Patrick Van Esch, Thomas Gahl, Bruno Guerard |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0608046 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0608046 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.nima.2004.02.024 |
| Journal | Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A526:493-500,2004 |
Abstract
An amplifier has been designed for optimal use of position sensitive thermal neutron detectors using the principle of resistive charge division. The important points in this optimization are: high counting rates and good spatial resolution. This amplifier is built as a hybrid circuit and is now used on several new instruments at the ILL. It consists of a fast low noise current pre-amplifier, a gaussian shaping circuit based on a 4th order active filter and an essentially noiseless baseline reconstruction. In this paper, we present a rather complete theoretical analysis of the problem that lead us to the choices made above, and allows for an optimal adaptation to other situations. An analysis of unwanted, secondary effects is also worked out.
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