Method and device for digitalizing scintillation pulse
US9136858B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M1/127
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for digitalizing scintillation pulses includes: defining n threshold voltages V_th, forming a voltage comparison unit by n low-voltage differential signaling receiving ports, outputting, by the voltage comparison unit, a state-flip and a threshold voltage corresponding to the state-flip when one scintillation pulse to be sampled exceeds any one of the thresholds; and sampling digitally a time when the state-flip in step (2) occurs by a time-to-digit converter and identifying the threshold voltage corresponding to the state-flip, to acquire the voltage and the time for the scintillation pulse. The method can be performed using a device for digitalizing scintillation pulses.
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