Development of an ultra-fast data-acquisition system for a two-dimensional microstrip gas chamber
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) in Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
- Vol. 5 (3) , 1119-1122
- https://doi.org/10.1107/s0909049597019018
Abstract
A high-performance data-acquisition system has been developed in order to obtain time-resolved sequential images from a two-dimensional microstrip gas chamber (MSGC). This was achieved using fully digital processing with a synchronized pipeline method. Complex logical circuits for processing large numbers of signals are mounted on a small number of complex programmable logic devices. The system is operated with a 10 MHz synchronous clock, and has the capability of handling more than 3 × 106 counts s−1 for asynchronous events. The system was examined using a 5 × 5 cm MSGC and the recently developed 10 × 10 cm MSGC (1024 outputs); the anticipated performances were achieved.Keywords
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