Method and system for gating a power supply in a radiation detector

A system for gating a power supply, comprising:

• an on/off switch;
• a positive voltage source and a negative voltage source coupled to the on/off switch;
• a gating command terminal coupled to the on/off switch, the gating command terminal operable to provide a gating command signal to the on/off switch, the gating command signal operable to alternatively activate an on state and an off state of the on/off switch;
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• first and second capacitors coupled to the gating command terminal and the on/off switch, an off signal being generated at an output terminal of the on/off switch for a time less than a pulse width of the gating command signal in response to the off state being activated, an on signal being generated at the output terminal of the on/off switch for a time less than the pulse width of the gating command signal in response to the on state being activated.

A switching network for providing an alternating signal, comprising:

• an on/off switch comprising an output terminal;
• a positive voltage source and a negative voltage source coupled to the on/off switch;
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• a gating command terminal for providing a gating command signal capacitively coupled to the on/off switch, the gating command signal operable to activate an on state and an off state of the on/off switch such that an on signal is provided at the output terminal for a time less than a pulse width of the gating command signal while the on state is activated, and an off signal is provided at the output terminal for a time less than a pulse width of the gating command signal while the off state is activated, the gating command signal being operable to alternatively activate the on state and the off state.