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Selecting the Best Pulse Preamplifier/Discriminator for a Given Detector.

DETECTOR RECOMMENDED PREAMPLIFIER
TYPE MAX. COUNT
RATE [MHz]
MODEL MAX. COUNT
RATE [MHz]
INPUT
SENSITIVITY
OUTPUT
TYPE
COMMENT
Scintillation Counter
[NaI(Tl)]
1 MHz F-1T 1 MHz 0.25 mV TTL Low noise. Blind to PMT's high background count. Background count < 0.5 CPS. Built in PHA.
Channeltron®
Electron multiplier
10 MHz F-100T
F-100TD
MTS-100
50 MHz 2 µA TTL High sensitivity low noise.
Pulse PMT and
discrete dynodes
electron multiplier
>100 MHz F-100E >100 MHz 0.10 mV ECL 10 ns pulse pair resolution
High sensitivity.
Microchannel Plate
MCP type PMT
>400 MHz F-400PECL 400 MHz 1 mV PECL 2.5 ns pulse pair resolution.
Lower sensitivity.
Requires input pulse rise time < 5 ns.

 


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