Published January 1, 2015 | Version v1
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Digital Front-End Electronics for the Neutron Detector NEDA

  • 1. Univ Valencia, Dept Elect Engn, Escola Tecn Super Engn, Valencia, Spain
  • 2. GANIL, F-14076 Caen, France
  • 3. Polish Acad Sci, Niewodniczanski Inst Nucl Phys, Krakow, Poland
  • 4. Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Legnaro, I-35020 Padua, Italy
  • 5. Inst Fis Corpuscular CSIC UV, Valencia, Spain
  • 6. Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Univ, Fac Engn & Nat Sci, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 7. Nigde Univ, Fen Edebiyat Falkultesi, Fiz Bolumu, Nigde, Turkey

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This paper presents the design of the NEDA (Neutron Detector Array) electronics, a first attempt to involve the use of digital electronics in large neutron detector arrays. Starting from the front-end modules attached to the PMTs (PhotoMultiplier Tubes) and ending up with the data processing workstations, a comprehensive electronic system capable of dealing with the acquisition and pre-processing of the neutron array is detailed. Among the electronic modules required, we emphasize the front-end analog processing, the digitalization, digital pre-processing and communications firmware, as well as the integration of the GTS (Global Trigger and Synchronization) system, already used successfully in AGATA (Advanced Gamma Tracking Array). The NEDA array will be available for measurements in 2016.

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