Comparisons Between Digital Gamma Ray Spectrometer (DSPEC) and Standard Nuclear Instrumentation Methods (NIM) Systems
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Up until about a year ago, gamma-ray spectroscopy has always been done using the analog amplifier, which processes the pulses from the preamplifier to remove the noise, reject the pile-up signals, and shape the signals into some desirable form before sending them to the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to be digitized. In late 1996, EG&G Ortec introduced a digital gamma-ray spectrometer (DSPec) which uses digital technology to analyze the preamplifiers’ pulses from all types of germanium and silicon detectors. Considering its performance, digital-based spectroscopy may become the way of future gammaray spectroscopy.
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