ANALOG SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND GAMMA RAY DETECTOR WITH TARGETED AUTOMATED GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
First Claim
1. An analog signal measurement system comprising:
- i. one or more dynamically programmable lower level discriminators configured to generate output data for an analog signal greater than a programmable level,ii. one or more dynamically programmable upper level discriminators configured to generate output data for the analog signal less than a programmable level,iii. one or more logic devices configured to generate output data for programmable combinations of the output data from the one or more lower level discriminators and the one or more upper level discriminators,iv. one or more counters that programmatically count the output data of the one or more logic devices, andv. a computing device that analyzes the counts and programmatically controls the one or more upper level discriminators and the one or more lower level discriminators with a series of one or more programmable levels,wherein the computing device analyzes the counts and programmatically controls the one or more dynamically programmable lower level discriminators and the one or more dynamically programmable upper level discriminators with a temporally, or spatially or both temporally and spatially determined series of programmable levels.
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Abstract
An analog signal measurement system and a gamma ray detector with targeted automated gamma spectroscopy for gamma radiation surveillance system are disclosed. The analog signal measurement system has dynamically programmable lower and upper level discriminators for measuring an analog signal thereagainst, and logic devices for receiving input from the discriminators to generate digital signals. The gamma ray detector comprises a gamma ray detector for converting a gamma ray photon into an analog pulse, and a single channel analyzer or the analog signal measurement system. The gamma ray detector further includes dynamically programmable lower and upper level discriminators for converting the analog pulse generated from the gamma ray detector into a digital signal, a resettable programmatically controlled counter for counting the digital signal and a computing device that controls the lower and upper level discriminators for defining a gamma ray energy window and measures gamma count rate for that energy window.
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49 Claims
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1. An analog signal measurement system comprising:
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i. one or more dynamically programmable lower level discriminators configured to generate output data for an analog signal greater than a programmable level, ii. one or more dynamically programmable upper level discriminators configured to generate output data for the analog signal less than a programmable level, iii. one or more logic devices configured to generate output data for programmable combinations of the output data from the one or more lower level discriminators and the one or more upper level discriminators, iv. one or more counters that programmatically count the output data of the one or more logic devices, and v. a computing device that analyzes the counts and programmatically controls the one or more upper level discriminators and the one or more lower level discriminators with a series of one or more programmable levels, wherein the computing device analyzes the counts and programmatically controls the one or more dynamically programmable lower level discriminators and the one or more dynamically programmable upper level discriminators with a temporally, or spatially or both temporally and spatially determined series of programmable levels. - View Dependent Claims (5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A gamma detector with the capability to conduct targeted automated gamma spectroscopy comprising:
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a. a gamma ray sensing detector that converts a gamma ray into an analog signal; d. one or more single channel analyzer units that are in communication with the gamma ray sensing detector, each of the single channel analyzer units comprising a programmable upper level discriminator and a programmable lower level discriminator that define a programmable gamma ray energy window, wherein the each of the one or more single channel analyzer units receives the analog signal from the amplifier and generates digital signal pulses upon determining that the analog signal from the amplifier is within the programmable energy window; e. one or more resettable counters that are in communication with the one or more single channel analyzer units, wherein the resettable counters receive and count the digital signal pulses from the one or more single channel analyzer units for gamma ray counts; and f. a computing device that programmatically controls the programmable gain of the photomultiplier tube, programmatically controls the upper level discriminator and the lower level discriminator of the each of the one or more single channel analyzer units, and calculates gamma count rates based on the gamma ray counts retrieved from the one or more resettable counters. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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27. A single channel analyzer comprising:
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i. a dynamically programmable lower level discriminator configured to generate output data for analog signals greater than a programmable level, ii. an dynamically programmable upper level discriminator configured to generate output data for the analog signals less than a programmable level, iii. a logic device configured to generate output data for programmable combinations of the output data from the lower and upper level discriminators, wherein the computing device analyzes the counts and programmatically controls the lower level discriminator and the upper level discriminator with a temporally, or spatially, or both temporally and spatially determined series of programmable levels. - View Dependent Claims (31, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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- 48. A computer implemented system for gamma spectrum analysis, comprising computer implemented module that conducts targeted automated gamma spectroscopy analysis by executing an automatic comparison of the relative intensities of various gamma ray energies or groups of gamma ray energies from within various energy intervals of a gamma ray spectrum, and determines the presence or absence of specific targeted radioactive gamma ray emitting isotope or isotopes.
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