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User Guide
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Vertilon Corporation, 66 Tadmuck Road, Westford, MA 01886
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Tel: (978) 692-7070
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www.vertilon.com
Zero Slope Discriminator
The zero slope discriminator works by generating a trigger signal at the inflection point of the input pulse. It is this
point where the pulse is at its peak and its slope transitions from positive to negative. Since AMP4 effectively
operates on the derivative of the input pulse, its output crosses zero where the slope of the pulse is zero. This occurs
at the pulse peak as shown in Figure 7. The threshold comparator compares AMP4 to the user-adjustable threshold
(V
th
) to arm the discriminator after which the trigger output fires when the AMP4 signal again crosses the baseline.
Figure 7: Zero Slope Discriminator Timing
PREAMP
OUTPUT
V
th
t
d3
TRIGGER
POINT
THRESHOLD
POINT
TRIG OUT
LAST
DYNODE
AMP4
BASELINE
LEVEL