Real time evolvable hardware for optimal reconfiguration of cusp-like pulse shapers》.pdf

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 763 (2014) 124–131 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A journal homepage: /locate/nima Real time evolvable hardware for optimal reconfiguration of cusp-like pulse shapers Juan Lanchares, Oscar Garnica n, José L. Risco-Martín, J. Ignacio Hidalgo, J. Manuel Colmenar, Alfredo Cuesta-Infante Facultad de Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), C/Prof. José García Santesmases s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The design of a cusp-like digital pulse shaper for particle energy measurements requires the definition Received 8 January 2014 of four parameters whose values are defined based on the nature of the shaper input signal (timing, Received in revised form noise, …) provided by a sensor. However, after high doses of radiation, sensors degenerate and their 29 April 2014 output signals do not meet the original characteristics, which may lead to erroneous measurements of Accepted 22 May 2014 the particle energies. We present in this paper an evolvable cusp-like digital shaper, which is able to Available online 18 June 2014 auto-recalibrate the original hardware implementation into a new design that match the original Keywords: specificat