Published October 20, 1981 | Version v1
Patent

Automatic gain control for radiation analyzer

Creators

Description

A gain regulator is disclosed for use in a radiation analyzer system. The analyzer responds to a source of radiation having a known peak in its energy spectrum. Gain errors are detected by accumulating a count corresponding to the difference between the number of radiation particles occurring in windows in the energy spectrum which are above and below the desired centerline of this known peak. These two windows overlap in the area of the centerline. Gain is either incremented or decremented whenever the difference count exceeds preselected limits. The difference count is reset whenever a predetermined number of particles have been detected in either of the windows

Availability note (English)

U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
Patent

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
v p.
IPC:
Int. Cl.G01D 18/00.
IPC
Int. Cl.G01D 18/00.
Patent number
US patent document 4,296,320/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13672288
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CONTROL SYSTEMS; GAIN; POLARIZATION-ASYMMETRY RATIO; PULSE TECHNIQUES; RADIATION DETECTORS
Descriptors DEC
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS