Re: Pulse height amplitude (fwd from Fernando)

[Elton Smith <elton@jlab.org>]

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Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:58:59 -0400
From: Fernando J. Barbosa <barbosa@jlab.org>
To: George Lolos <George.Lolos@uregina.ca>
Cc: carl.zorn@jlab.org, elke@jlab.org, elton@jlab.org, janzen2k@uregina.ca
Subject: Re: Pulse height amplitude

Hi George,

I agree that we will certainly should take advantage of the whole
dynamic range of the ADC. The 40 ns pulse you mention is puzzling
because it occurs quite a long time after the main pulse. I will wait
for you to post the results.

I also share the same opinions about passive splitters, especially when
used in a system with several thousand channels. On the other hand,
active splitters/buffers can be designed with very good noise, dynamic
range and bandwidth characteristics with gain matching of the order of
1%. Better matching is possible for an additional cost, of course. Power
dissipation is not an issue.

Regards,
Fernando