BSI MCA 527 Digital Miniature Multi Channel Analyzer

Amplifier:

+ Coarse amplifier prefilter with amplifications in steps of 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 corresponding to a full scale ADC;

+ Input signal positive or negative;

+ Linearity better than 0.1%.

ADC:

+ 14bit, 10 MSps;

+ Integral Nonlinearity <0.025%;

+ temperature stability TK 50.

Digital signal processing:

+ double differential trigger filter, or single differential low energy low count rate trigger filter;

+ Pile-up-suppression, pulse pair resolution ~400ns, depending on trigger filter;

+ Automated and manual adjustment of trigger threshold;

+ Channel splitting 128, 256, 512, 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k or 16k;

+ Differential nonlinearity <1% for 4k channels and 2μs peaking time;

+ Automated PZC adjustment, detector decay time constants from 40μs to 1ms can be compensated;

+ TRP preamplifier or Resistive feedback selectable

High voltage:

+ Detector HV up to ±5kV, polarity depends on module inserted.

Power supply:

+ Li-Ion batteries, operation time 10-25h, depending on detector connected (tbd).

Computer Interface:

+ USB, RS-232 (38.4, 115.2, 307.2 kBd and 3MBd), Ethernet.

Mechanical:

+ Housing 164 mm x 111 mm x 45 mm without connectors; weight 820g.

Environmental:

+ operational: at least 0 - 50 °C, eventual larger range;

+ humidity up to 90%, non condensing, IP42.