A novel digital pulse processing architecture for nuclear instrumentation

This paper introduces a specific Multiple Program Multiple Data (MPMD) architecture designed to address the issues of nuclear instrumentation: pulse processing, real-time, multi-channel flexibility, dead-time management and programmability. The proposed architecture comprises a set of independent an...

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Published in2015 4th International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA) pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Moline, Y., Thevenin, M., Corre, G., Paindavoine, M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2015
Subjects
Algorithm design and analysis
Computer architecture
Digital Architecture
Digital Pulse Processing
Digital signal processing
Field programmable gate arrays
Instruments
Nuclear Instrumentation
Scalability
Software algorithms
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Summary:This paper introduces a specific Multiple Program Multiple Data (MPMD) architecture designed to address the issues of nuclear instrumentation: pulse processing, real-time, multi-channel flexibility, dead-time management and programmability. The proposed architecture comprises a set of independent and programmable functional units. Their execution is driven by the pulses arrival. It is able to deal with non-deterministic events and program durations. The virtual prototype of the architecture is developed in cycle-accurate SystemC and shows promising results in terms of scalability while maintaining zero dead-time. This architecture paves the way for novel programmable embedded real-time pulse processing restricted until now to offline processing.
DOI:10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465559