A Pulse Generator with Poisson-Exponential Distribution for Emulation of Radioactive Decay Events

We present an FPGA-synthesizable version of a pseudo-random pulse generator that can be used to emulate radioactive source activity. It is intended for debugging real-time digital pulse processing applications, beyond the capabilities of periodic generators. The proposed module delivers a discrete r...

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Autores principales: Veiga, Alejandro Luis, Spinelli, Enrique Mario
Formato: Objeto de conferencia
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
Materias:
Ingeniería Electrónica
Random events
Nuclear spectroscopy
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/129019
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Random events
Nuclear spectroscopy
spellingShingle Ingeniería Electrónica
Random events
Nuclear spectroscopy
Veiga, Alejandro Luis
Spinelli, Enrique Mario
A Pulse Generator with Poisson-Exponential Distribution for Emulation of Radioactive Decay Events
topic_facet Ingeniería Electrónica
Random events
Nuclear spectroscopy
description We present an FPGA-synthesizable version of a pseudo-random pulse generator that can be used to emulate radioactive source activity. It is intended for debugging real-time digital pulse processing applications, beyond the capabilities of periodic generators. The proposed module delivers a discrete random sequence that follows the Poisson inter-arrival distribution. Operation is based on a barrel-shifted maximal-length linear feedback shift register, operating as uniform random number generator, followed by an implementation of the Bernoulli trial to emulate exponential inter-arrival times. Due to its simple design, it can operate at high clock frequencies, providing a minimum time between events of two FPGA clock cycles operating at full-speed. A small footprint Verilog module is proposed for embedding in digital processors. Attainable performance and required resources are calculated. Additionally, it is shown how digital output pulses can be width-modulated to generate, with minimum conditioning, the analog signals present in a spectroscopy detection chain.
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author Veiga, Alejandro Luis
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Spinelli, Enrique Mario
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title A Pulse Generator with Poisson-Exponential Distribution for Emulation of Radioactive Decay Events
title_short A Pulse Generator with Poisson-Exponential Distribution for Emulation of Radioactive Decay Events
title_full A Pulse Generator with Poisson-Exponential Distribution for Emulation of Radioactive Decay Events
title_fullStr A Pulse Generator with Poisson-Exponential Distribution for Emulation of Radioactive Decay Events
title_full_unstemmed A Pulse Generator with Poisson-Exponential Distribution for Emulation of Radioactive Decay Events
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