Design and Construction of a Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) with Communication Capability Through USB
A PC-Based gamma-ray spectrometer has been developed with communication capability through the USB port. A 12-bit pipelined Analog-To-Digital Converter (ADC) associated with a FPGA operating at 12MHz is employed for pulse height analysis from a built-in pulse amplifier. Data Acquisition via USB port...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute
2014-02-01
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| Series: | مجله علوم و فنون هستهای |
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| Online Access: | https://jonsat.nstri.ir/article_325_759d477db6e16d21c383efb9a72351ab.pdf |
| Summary: | A PC-Based gamma-ray spectrometer has been developed with communication capability through the USB port. A 12-bit pipelined Analog-To-Digital Converter (ADC) associated with a FPGA operating at 12MHz is employed for pulse height analysis from a built-in pulse amplifier. Data Acquisition via USB port is programmed in the FPGA. The USB transfer rate was 921600 bits per second. The software implemented in the Lab-View software environment for saving, analyzing and displaying data on PC in the energy range of 4096 channels was used. The overall system performance was tested using a Na(Tl) crystal coupled PMT scintillation detector, and gamma standard radioactive sources of Cs-137 and Co-60. The integral nonlinearity of ±0.45% was obtained by an experiment. Both low cost and compact size of the system as a result of design specification were also verified. A 7.6% energy resolution was adopted for Cs-137 out of 662keV. During the same experiment, values of 6.64% and 6.16% were determined with Co-60 source (in 1.17MeV and 1.32MeV energies). |
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| ISSN: | 1735-1871 2676-5861 |