A simple circuit for the presentation of the signals from Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) to standard existing digitization electronics is described. The circuit is based on "off-the-shelf" discrete components. An optimization of the values of specific components is required to match the aspects of the MRPCs for the given application. This simple circuit is an attractive option for the initial signal processing for MRPC prototyping and bench- or beam-testing efforts, as well as for final implementations of small-area Time-of-Flight systems with existing data acquisition systems.
@article{arxiv.0807.3016,
title = {Simple Front End Electronics for Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers},
author = {W. J. Llope and T. Nussbaum and G. Eppley and J. Velkovska and T. Chujo and S. Huang and B. Love and H. Valle and L. Ruan and Z. Xu and B. Bonner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.3016},
year = {2008}
}