CHARACTERIZATION AND RADIATION TESTING OF THE HARRIS HS9008RH FLASH ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER

Authors
CRAWLEY HB MCKAY R MEYER WT NUTTER S TARLE G ROSENBERG EI THOMAS WD
Citation
Hb. Crawley et al., CHARACTERIZATION AND RADIATION TESTING OF THE HARRIS HS9008RH FLASH ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 345(2), 1994, pp. 329-336
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
345
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
329 - 336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)345:2<329:CARTOT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Results from tests characterizing the performance and radiation hardne ss of the HS9008RH flash analog to digital convertor (FADC) are presen ted. These tests were performed primarily to evaluate the suitability of this device for use in the GEM Central Tracker at the SSC experimen t. Basic performance characteristics and susceptibility of these chara cteristics to radiation were examined. Performance test results indica te that the device integral nonlinearity is sampling rate dependent an d worsens rapidly above a sampling rate of 15 megasamples per second ( MSPS). No degradation in performance of the device was observed after its exposure of up to 81 Mrad of 1.25 MeV gamma radiation from a Co-60 source. Exposure of the device to a reactor fast neutron fluence (E > 100 keV) of 5 x 10(14)/cm2 resulted in no significant observed perfor mance degradation as well.