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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1989
Darrell S Sonne, Katy, TX (US);
Halliburton Logging Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A photomultiplier tube stabilization circuit is set forth. It is particularly useful in downhole logging tools exposed to increases in temperature and to overcome component aging and drift. A high voltage power supply is connected for operation of a photomultiplier tube. The output of the PMT is amplified and applied to a set of comparators forming logic levels associated with threshold values affiliated with the spectral peak anticipated for the output data. The high voltage power supply is controlled upwardly or downwardly to vary operation of the PMT by means of a relatively simple control loop utilizing the comparators and means forming a control voltage for the high voltage power supply.