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Development of a Superconducting Analog-to-Digital Converter as a Readout for High-Resolution X-Ray Detectors Based on a Superconducting Tunnel Junction
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We are developing a superconducting analog-to-digital converter (ADC) as a readout for high-resolution X-ray detectors based on a superconducting tunnel junction (STJ). The ADC has a sensitive front end which consists of a DC superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). A signal current is digitized by this front end without using any preamplifiers. A single-flux-quantum (SFQ) pulse train whose frequency is proportional to the input current is launched by the front end, and integrated by a digital counter. The counter has a 10-bit resolution, and the integrated value is scanned and transferred to room-temperature processing modules with a frequency of 40 MHz. In this paper, the design of the ADC is described, and the preliminary results of the ADC performance test are shown. The performance of the STJ accompanied by the ADC is discussed in terms of the X-ray energy resolution.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E85-C No.3 pp.645-649
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- 2002/03/01
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Takayuki OKU
Tokihiro IKEDA
Chiko OTANI
Kazuhiko KAWAI
Hiromi SATO
Hirohiko M. SHIMIZU
Hiromasa MIYASAKA
Yoshiyuki TAKIZAWA
Hiroshi WATANABE
Wataru OOTANI
Hiroshi AKOH
Hiroshi NAKAGAWA
Masahiro AOYAGI
Tohru TAINO
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Takayuki OKU, Tokihiro IKEDA, Chiko OTANI, Kazuhiko KAWAI, Hiromi SATO, Hirohiko M. SHIMIZU, Hiromasa MIYASAKA, Yoshiyuki TAKIZAWA, Hiroshi WATANABE, Wataru OOTANI, Hiroshi AKOH, Hiroshi NAKAGAWA, Masahiro AOYAGI, Tohru TAINO, "Development of a Superconducting Analog-to-Digital Converter as a Readout for High-Resolution X-Ray Detectors Based on a Superconducting Tunnel Junction" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E85-C, no. 3, pp. 645-649, March 2002, doi: .
Abstract: We are developing a superconducting analog-to-digital converter (ADC) as a readout for high-resolution X-ray detectors based on a superconducting tunnel junction (STJ). The ADC has a sensitive front end which consists of a DC superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). A signal current is digitized by this front end without using any preamplifiers. A single-flux-quantum (SFQ) pulse train whose frequency is proportional to the input current is launched by the front end, and integrated by a digital counter. The counter has a 10-bit resolution, and the integrated value is scanned and transferred to room-temperature processing modules with a frequency of 40 MHz. In this paper, the design of the ADC is described, and the preliminary results of the ADC performance test are shown. The performance of the STJ accompanied by the ADC is discussed in terms of the X-ray energy resolution.
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AU - Tokihiro IKEDA
AU - Chiko OTANI
AU - Kazuhiko KAWAI
AU - Hiromi SATO
AU - Hirohiko M. SHIMIZU
AU - Hiromasa MIYASAKA
AU - Yoshiyuki TAKIZAWA
AU - Hiroshi WATANABE
AU - Wataru OOTANI
AU - Hiroshi AKOH
AU - Hiroshi NAKAGAWA
AU - Masahiro AOYAGI
AU - Tohru TAINO
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