Abstract:
The amplified pulses from a radioactivity detector are coupled to a discriminator and via a 400 nanosecond delay line to the inputs of three charge and hold circuits. The discriminator drives a first modulo 3 scaler-decoder and also a single shot multivibrator. The single shot output and the decoder outputs are AND gated with a sense amplifier sensing the charge and hold capacitor to control the charge and hold circuits. A second modulo 3 scaler-decoder circuit driven by a clock provides the gating of three interrogator circuits connected to the outputs of the three charge and hold circuits, respectively. The circuit converts the random pulse train from the radioactivity detector to that of a train of pulses of a fixed frequency.
Abstract:
The amplified pulses from a radioactivity detector are coupled to a discriminator and via a 400 nanosecond delay line to the inputs of three linear gates. The discriminator is AND gated with a clock pulse and a J-K flip-flop. A scale of four and a 1 of 4 decoder and a single shot multivibrator are driven by the AND gate output. The single shot output and the decoder outputs are AND gated to control the linear gates. In an alternative embodiment, the linear gates and delay lines are replaced with charge and hold, delay and interrogate circuits.
Abstract:
The amplified pulses from a radioactivity detector are coupled through a delay line to a linear gate. The amplified pulses from the detector are also connected to a discriminator. The output of the discriminator is AND gated in a logical gate with a clock pulse which is synchronized with a high energy neutron source. The AND gate triggers a single shot multivibrator which in turn triggers the linear gate. The delay line allows for the time required for the detector pulse to rise to the discriminator threshold and for the propagation delay in the logic circuitry. The linear gate opens before the arrival of the detector pulse and closes after it passes through. In this embodiment, any detector pulse having the necessary discriminator level occuring within the clock pulse interval passes through the linear gate as a full width pulse. In an alternative embodiment, a J-K flip-flop circuit is triggered by the trailing edge of the single shot multivibrator to disable the AND gate, thus causing the linear gate to pass only the first detected pulse having the necessary discriminator level.
Abstract:
A fast neutron source is periodically switched between a pulsed mode and a continuous mode. A first gamma ray detection interval follows the pulsed mode to provide an indication of the capture gamma rays. A second detection interval occurs during the continuous mode to provide an indication of the capture gamma rays plus the gamma rays resulting from the inelastic scattering of fast neutrons. The first indication is subtracted from the second, resulting in an indication solely of the gamma rays from inelastic scattering. The pulses occurring in such intervals are further subjected to energy discrimination which provides information relating to carbon and oxygen content, such information being used with a ratio circuit to provide a carbon/oxygen ratio. In another embodiment, a pair of neutron sources, one pulsed, one continuous, provide analogous results. In still another embodiment, the borehole is first logged with a pulsed source and then later with a continuous source. In yet another embodiment, a shielding, rotating disk having alternate short and long windows is used between an alpha particle source and a neutron emitter to simulate the pulsed and continuous modes.