Digital Radiation Measurement and Spectroscopy

NE/RHP 537

Course Overview

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Course Webpage

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http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~tavakola/NE-RHP537.htm

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Grading

• Lab Work 1 : 10%

• Lab Work 2: 10%

• Lab Work 3: 50%

• Lab Work 4: 30%

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Week 1

• Course Overview

• An Introduction to Digital Spectroscopy

• A Typical Digital Spectrometer Design

• Application of Digital Filters in Radiation Detection

• Signal Processing in MATLAB

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Week 2

Fundamentals of Digital Design

Hardware Description Language (VHDL) I Introduction

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Week 3

• Hardware Description Language (VHDL) II – Examples

• Xilinx ISE WebPack Software – Simulation – Synthesis – Implementation – Examples

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Week 3 (cont.)

• Lab Work 1: Traffic Signal Controller

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Week 4 • Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

• Language Templates in ISE

• Using IP Cores

– FIR, Block RAM, Comparators, Counters and more

• Using Block RAM in SPARTAN-3

• RX1200, Digital Pulse Processor

– Design Features

– User Constraint File

– USB Interface

• MATLAB Controlling Program

• Lab Work 1 Report Due

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Week 4 (cont.)

• Lab Work 2: Trigger Module, Design and Simulation

Week 5 • Digital MCA:

– Histogram Implementation

– Histogram State Machine

– Block Ram

– Moving Average Filter

– Energy Measurement

– Real Time Measurements

– Live Time Measurements

– Pileup Rejection

– Conversion Gain

– Integration Time

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Week 5 (cont.)

• Lab Work 2 Report Due

• Lab Work 3: Histogram and Top Modules, Design and Simulation

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Week 6

• RX1200’s USB Interface

– Data Router and Dataports

– DLL Functions

• Follow up on Lab Work 3…

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Week 7

• Lab Work 3 (cont.): – Histogram and Top Modules, Design and

Simulation

• Follow up on Lab Work 3…

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Week 8

• Lab Work 3 Report Due • Lab Work 4:

Digital MCA, FPGA Programming and Radiation Detection with Digital Processor

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Week 9 and 10

• Lab Work 4 (cont.): Digital MCA, FPGA Programming and Radiation

Detection with Digital Processor

• Follow up • Demonstration in lab • Lab Work 4 Report Due

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