Features

• High Rate Spectroscopy Amplifier with three SCAs
• Designed for High Rate Applications such as EXAFS (Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure)
• SCAs are independently computer controlled via CANBERRA Instrument Control Bus (ICB)
• Multiplexed Amplifier and SCA outputs for set up using MCA
• SCA windowing using AIM-based Genie MCA function
• Compatible with Genie-ESP and Genie 2000 software
• Pile up rejection
• Fast 2016B (0.25-6 µs) and very fast 2016A (0.125-3 µs) shaping versions available
• Single width NIM

Description

The 2016 Amplifier-TCA provides the basic signal processing function for x-ray detectors used in high-rate applications such as EXAFS (Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure). The Amplifier provides gain, filtering, baseline restoration and ICR pulse discrimination. The TCA provides three computer controlled pulse height (energy) analyzers with selectable pileup rejector and different pulse output options suitable for counting. In addition the 2016 has a built-in multiplexing function which, under computer control, selects the amplifier output and SCA output from each of up to thirty-two 2016's in a system for routing to an MCA (multichannel analyzer) for window set up. All of this capability is in a single-wide NIM allowing large scale systems to be built compactly.