Abstract:
By expanding the input to an A to D converter, and also establishing an offset or low end threshold for pulse data as it is being processed by the A to D converter to a multichannel pulse amplitude memory, the fixed number of memory channels are effectively expanded and a selectively small portion of the channel range can be examined in increased detail. This method and apparatus differs from the prior art range expanding in that it operates upon pulse data during its collection and not after receipt in the memory; thus, a plurality of memory channels can act as a single and wider channel.