Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Korean Nuclear Society (한국원자력학회)
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Design of an integrated multiple-single-channel analyzer

  • Jie Yang (School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University) ;
  • Xiaofei Gu (School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University) ;
  • Shuxiang Lu (School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University) ;
  • Guoheng Zheng (School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University)
  • Received : 2023.07.16
  • Accepted : 2024.02.06
  • Published : 2024.07.25
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Abstract

A type of integrated multiple-single-channel analyzer (IMSCA) is described. The IMSCA works with an input pulse of 2-20 pC, and it can be directly connected to a scintillation detector, which eliminates the need for a linear amplifier. It consists of 64 input ports, so 1-64 detectors can be set by users according to different requirements. Two energy regions for each input channel can be simultaneously analyzed. Another advantage of the IMSCA is that it integrates with a high-speed pulse signal acquisition card and transmits data to the computer through the network. The maximum pulse through-rate is 1.4 MHz, and linearity can reach 0.1%. This IMSCA has been successfully used in enrichment detecting of nuclear fuel rod.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by The Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (Grant No. 222300420326). It also received support from China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Branch. We would like to thank all members involved in the design of the IMSCA. We thank LetPub (www.letpub.com) for linguistic assistance and presubmission expert review.

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