Check RAL108 +/-15V PSU

Measured output voltages +15.21V -15.18V - OK

Observe output voltages with DSO ( ch #1 AC/1M +15V, ch #2 AC/1M -15V ) - see attachments 1 & 2

What we should observe is c. 1mV rms ( white ) noise but we clearly observe similar noise transients ( c. 60us period with HF structure ) to those observed at RAL108 
outputs. The RAL108 preamplifier units do have RC filters on the +/-15V - typically c. 100 Ohm and 4.7uF. Some additional, inline filtering with a lower rolloff 
frequency may be required.

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> Observe c. 2mV p to p noise with DSO ( Z_in = 50 Ohm ) c. 60us period with HF structure. DSO connected to junction box via 34-way IDC - 16x Lemo-00 adaptor.
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> Origin of noise upstream of 4x34-way to 8x16-way Junction Box. Not microphonics from Edwards RV5 Rotary Pump.
> No change observed with simple ground connections between NIM bin/+/-15V PSU/Junction Box and MSL type W1 preamplifier units/vacuum chamber/support assembly.
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> Estimate of electronic noise
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> Pulser BNC PB-5
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> Amplitude 0.5V
> Attenuation x1
> Decay time 1ms
> Frequency 50Hz
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> Preamplifier RAL108
> Output impedance 100 Ohm
> Sensitivity 20mV/MeV ( into high Z load ), 6.7mV/MeV ( into 50 Ohm load ) 
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> Amplifier EG&G Ortec 571
> Input terminated by 50 Ohm
> Gain x1 (internal) x 1.0 (fine gain) x 50 (coarse gain ) = 50
> Shaping time 0.5us
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> MCA Amptek 8000D
> Input FSR 10V
> 12 bit ADC
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> Nominal gain = 6.7mV/MeV x 50 = 335mV/MeV
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> 12 bit ADC input FSR = 10V / 0.335V/MeV = 29.85MeV FSR or 7.3keV/channel
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> dE p+n junction strip # 4 ( of 0-15 )
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> pulser peak centroid = 799.8 ch
> pulser peak width = 7.8 ch FWHM = 57 keV FWHM
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> E p+n junction strip # 4 ( of 0-15 )
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> pulser peak centroid = 864.8ch
> pulser peak width = 3.5 ch FWHM = 26 keV FWHM
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> E n+n Ohmic strip # 4 ( of 0-15 )
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> pulser peak centroid = 913.0 ch
> pulser peak width = 5.3 ch FWHM = 39 keV FWHM
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> Noise estimates are probably accurate to c. 10% level.