Abstract: A sampling analog-to-digital converter operating in accordance with the subranging principle and with interpolation residue coding has a coarse value of the input signal applied to an integrator through a differential analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a summer. The residue is also supplied to this integrator by conversion of the output of the integrator to an analog signal by a DAC and subtracting that signal from the input signal, advantageously supplied to the subtractor through a time-delay unit. The output of the subtractor is fed through an analog-to-digital converter which provides the second input to the above-mentioned summer. By comparison with the internal ADCs, the sampling circuit has a greater dynamic range and higher resolution and precision. It is particularly suited for input signals with rapid rise and slow decay as obtained from semiconductor detectors of a nuclear spectrometer.

Abstract: A system for processing the signals from a gamma or other radiation detector through a charge-sensitive preamplifier, makes use of a fast analog to digital converter at the input, preferably downstream of an anti-aliasing filter, and circuitry for the deconvolution of the signal in which the preamplifier transfer function is convoluted with the charge distribution function The deconvolution results which are free from any charge related to any radiation event are averaged and subtracted from the averaged value of the deconvolution results, which results contain completely the charge of the event under processing, and the subtracted signal through a register provides the output. The system represents a significant improvement with respect to the ballistic deficit suppression and with respect to the noise index-counting rate factor allowing a significant improvement in the counting rate for a given noise level or a higher resolution for a given counting rate.