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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Robert Lowes, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Assignee:
Kevex Corporation, Foster City, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250336 ; 250252 ;
Abstract
A dynamic background subtraction circuit is disclosed which improves the display resolution of radiation energy spectra, such as X-ray energy spectra in an X-ray energy spectrometer. In this circuit, the number of radiation events (counts) occurring at a reference or background energy level is subtracted from the number of radiation events (counts) occurring at a second energy level under study. The output of this circuit is a real-time (dynamic) approximation of the count rate at the energy level under study, but with resolution improved by subtraction of the background counts.