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This is how it looks on the scope: (plots of the new preAmp are shown too - sometimes I saw something similar but way lower in amplitude)
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This is how it looks on the scope: (the new preAmp did not show this behavior)
 
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|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_yves_ch8.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Yves' old preamp - ch8 - weird peak]]
 
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_yves_ch8.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Yves' old preamp - ch8 - weird peak]]
 
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_beni_ch8.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beni's old preamp - ch8 - weird peak]]
 
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_beni_ch8.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beni's old preamp - ch8 - weird peak]]
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak naomi_ch8.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Naomi's new preamp - ch8 - weird peak?]]
 
 
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|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_yves_ch9.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Yves' old preamp - ch9 - weird peak]]
 
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_yves_ch9.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Yves' old preamp - ch9 - weird peak]]
 
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_beni_ch9.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beni's old preamp - ch9 - weird peak]]
 
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_beni_ch9.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beni's old preamp - ch9 - weird peak]]
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak naomi_ch9.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Naomi's new preamp - ch9 - weird peak?]]
 
 
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<b>Channel 15</b> <- channel used for Fe-55 measurements
 
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|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_beni_ch15.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beni's old preamp - ch15 - weird peak]]
 
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak_beni_ch15.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beni's old preamp - ch15 - weird peak]]
|width="415pt"|[[Image:peak naomi_ch15.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Naomi's new preamp - ch15 - weird peak?]]
 
 
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Revision as of 16:34, 30 June 2010

A study was performed using three preAmps:

  • Yves' old preAmp : the old preamp that changed behavior a month ago
  • Beni's old preAmp: the old preamp used before by Beni.
  • Naomi's preAmp  : the new preAmp.

Left is always Yves' old preAmp, middle is Beni's old preAmp, right is Naomi's new preAmp [except mentioned differently]

First 2000V was put on the chamber and a random cosmic ray signal was selected:

Yves' old preamp - 2000V - cosmic ray
Beni's old preamp - 2000V - cosmic ray
Naomi's new preamp - 2000V - cosmic ray


OK, so far so good. Let's switch the HV off and look at the ringing: the highest amplitude ringing was selected, so you are looking at the high end of the pedestal:

Channel 1

Yves' old preamp - ch1 - ringing
Beni's old preamp - ch1 - ringing
Naomi's new preamp - ch1 - ringing

Channel 8

Yves' old preamp - ch8 - ringing
Beni's old preamp - ch8 - ringing
Naomi's new preamp - ch8 - ringing

Channel 9

Yves' old preamp - ch9 - ringing
Beni's old preamp - ch9 - ringing
Naomi's new preamp - ch9 - ringing

Channel 15 <- This channel is always used for Fe-55 measurements

Yves' old preamp - ch15 - ringing
Beni's old preamp - ch15 - ringing
Naomi's new preamp - ch15 - ringing

The old preAmp has higher amplitude noise in chip2 -> channels 9-16 The new preamp has lower amplitude ringing compared to the old preAmp.


Now it comes: wierd peaks (see below) are seen in the Fe-55 spectra in yves' old preAmp and Beni's old preAmp. This is because those when those spectra are taken the straw is self triggering.

Yves' old preamp - Fe-55 - with weird peaks around channel 1000. The peak on the left might be the ringing shown above.
Beni's old preamp - Fe-55 - with weird (double) peaks around channel 1000

This is how it looks on the scope: (the new preAmp did not show this behavior) Channel 1

Yves' old preamp - ch1 - weird peak
Beni's old preamp - ch1 - weird peak

Channel 8

Yves' old preamp - ch8 - weird peak
Beni's old preamp - ch8 - weird peak

Channel 9

Yves' old preamp - ch9 - weird peak
Beni's old preamp - ch9 - weird peak

Channel 15 <- channel used for Fe-55 measurements

Yves' old preamp - ch15 - weird peak
Beni's old preamp - ch15 - weird peak