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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Aviv Marks, Haifa, IL;
Tuvia Liran, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Aviv Marks, Haifa, IL;
Tuvia Liran, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A particle-counting apparatus is described, which reduces a resulting width of pulses when a charge pulse is received from a particle detector, thereby reducing pile-up problems with pulses. Pulse shortening is obtained by resetting the pulse shortly after it exceeds its peak level at the apparatus output. The apparatus includes a charge-sensitive amplifier and a shaper which generates an output for subsequent discrimination circuits. A reset generator monitors the shaper output and generates a reset signal to the shaper when a peak has been detected.