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Highlights
Highlights
from the
2009 Catalog 1998-2008
CAEN & LHC Experiments
Synergy for Success
10 years of joint efforts
to achieve top performances
6.500 electronic units delivered
190.000 sub-boards
24.000.000 electronic components
71.000.000 solder joints
Designed for Hostile Environments
Magnetic Field resistant (up to 5000 Gauss)
Radiation tolerant Highlights from the 2009 Catalog
CAEN
Electronic Instrumentation
The present pages do not include all CAEN Catalog products.
To check the updated list of all our products, please, visit our web site:
www.caen.it
Nevertheless, neither the list on the web is exhaustive: almost 40% of CAEN
production is Custom designed and does not appear on the Catalog.
So, if you dont find the Product you need in our Catalog, or if you are starting
a new experiment and require a completely new design, feel free to contact
us at any moment. CAEN will help you at any stage of your project.
CAEN has always been and will continue to be the experimenters partner.
CAEN is the best guarantee for your future projects.
The quality of CAEN S.p.A. products is constantly monitored by the application of the UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 standard.
CAEN S.p.A. is ISO 9001 certified since 1997.
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Welcome to the 2009 CAEN Highlights from the Catalog!
Specifications
The present catalogue contains the Highlights from our 2009 Products Catalog.
Several research problems have been solved by CAEN specialists with high level R&D and high quality production,
keeping our offer at the forefront of technology and pursuing our customers dream: powerful and innovative
tools for discovery.
This brief brochure is a fulfillment of the 2007 catalogue and the anticipation of the 2010 Special Edition Catalogue
celebrating CAEN 30 years at the customers service.
CAEN is now extending its products range:
Power Supplies

Top level quality High Voltage and Low Voltage Power Supply Systems

New Multichannel NIM and VME Power Supplies
NIM CAMAC VME:

New Front-End/Data Acquisition modules which meet IEEE Standards for Nuclear and Particle Physics

New Flash ADC/FPGA technologies for digital pulse processing
Complete DAQ systems from the detector to the acquisition
New Powered Crate Line:

Low Ripple Linear NIM powered Crates

New Hi-End VME64/VME64x Crates
With endless gratitude to the world of Research.
COMING SOON Products. The specifications description is a draft version only. The content is still under internal
review and subject to formal approval, which may result in modifications or additions.
Do you want to be informed about the final release of a Coming Soon product? Visit our Coming Soon section
on CAEN website and fill in the module request form.
The NEW logo indicates CAEN latest developments.
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CAEN Networks Companies
CAEN SpA (Costruzioni Apparecchiature
Elettroniche e Nucleari SpA) is one of the
most important industrial spin-offs of the
INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
the Italian institute of nuclear physics. The
company was founded in Viareggio (Italy) in
1979 by a group of senior engineers from the
INFN, and it is recognized world wide as one
of the leading companies in the electronic
instrumentation fi eld.
CAEN Networks Companies: the experience
in its field allowed CAEN SpA to face new
challenges in new sectors as Aerospace,
Microelectronics and RFID (supported by
autonomous operative Companies).
Electronic Instrumentation
CAEN SpA is leader in the design and manufacture of sophisticated
electronic instrumentation for Subnuclear, Nuclear, and Astroparticle
Physics: Low Voltage & High Voltage Power Supply Systems, Signal
Conditioning, Front-End, Trigger, Data Acquisition Electronics (VME, NIM,
CAMAC standard) and Powered Crates. CAEN activities are at the forefront
of technology also thanks to years of intensive collaborations with the major
Research Centers and Universities in the world. CAEN is also proud of its
extensive collaboration with the most important HEP experiments world-
wide: almost 40% of our production is custom designed.
To provide its customers with better assistance and services CAEN opened
its new branch companies in the United States (CAEN Technologies Inc.,
2005) and in Germany (CAEN GmbH, 2006).
Aerospace / Microelectronics
CAEN Aerospace Srl provides the design and production
of high reliability electronics for Space applications and
collaborates with the main Space Agencies (NASA, ESA, ASI, CNES) and
Prime Industries (ASTRIUM, ALCATEL-ALENIA, COMDEV).
Aurelia Microelettronica Srl provides a complete microelectronics design
service for digital, mixed/analog ASICs and complex FPGA designs, with a
wide offering of HW and SW Intellectual Properties (IP) blocks.
RFID
CAEN RFID Srl is a leading supplier of UHF RFID readers and tags.
A totally internal expertise and know-how on Radio Frequency
electronics and related Software has allowed CAEN RFID to become rapidly
a leader in Europe. As an active participant of ETSI and EPCGlobal working
groups since 2004, CAEN RFID is committed to provide customers with
state-of-the-art readers and tags that meet ISO/EPC standards and ETSI
requirements.
Thanks to our R&D skills, CAEN RFID can also design specifi c equipment
on a custom basis, thus providing RFID readers and tags for special
applications on demand.
CAEN GmbH
Eckehardweg 10
42653 - Solingen
Germany
Tel. +49.212.2544077
Fax +49.212.2544079
info@caen-de.com
www.caen-de.com
CAEN SpA
Corporate Headquarters
Via Vetraia 11
55049 - Viareggio
Italy
Tel. +39.0584.388.398
Fax +39.0584.388.959
info@caen.it
www.caen.it
CAEN Technologies, Inc.
1140 Bay Street - Suite 2C
Staten Island, NY 10305
USA
Tel. +1.718.981.0401
Fax +1.718.556.9185
info@caentechnologies.com
www.caentechnologies.com
CAEN Contacts
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Evaluation of contents: user valuable feedback on the product
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Request a quote: present on all products Web pages. It activates
the compilation of a set-out form. The data inserted by the applicant
will be easily recordable.
Compare: in all the products Web pages there is now the possibility
to compare modules having the same functions, even if belonging to
diff erent families. This new feature allows to compare highlights and
data of the Cross Reference Table of diff erent products at a glance.

Printable data-sheet: the renewed version now contains much
more information than ever before. 5
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CAEN SpA is well known as the only company in the world providing a complete range of
electronic instrumentation for Subnuclear, Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics: Low Voltage &
High Voltage Power Supply Systems, Signal Conditioning, Front-End, Trigger, Data Acquisiti