FAST ComTec Communication Technology GmbH

About FAST ComTec

FAST ComTec Communication Technology GmbH, based in Oberhaching near Munich, develops and manufactures scientific measurement instruments for ultra-fast pulse counting. The product range includes multiscalers, multichannel analyzers, multiparameter systems, photon counters, transient recorders, amplifiers, timing modules, discriminators, pulse generators, and X-ray and gamma spectroscopy systems including Si-PIN and CdTe detectors. The devices are delivered with Windows-based operating software; DLLs for LabVIEW, C, Delphi and Visual Basic as well as Linux drivers are optionally available. The products are used worldwide in scientific, industrial and commercial applications, including alpha, beta and gamma spectroscopy, X-ray spectroscopy, fluorescence decay measurements, high-resolution TOF mass spectrometry, LIDAR, laser-induced photoelectron spectrometry, and single-molecule and single-photon counting. In addition, FAST ComTec represents the manufacturers AMPTEK Inc., Berkeley Nucleonics Corp. and CREMAT Inc. in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Site

Oberhaching

Processes

Design and development of scientific electronic instruments (multiscalers, multichannel, Development and manufacture of scientific measurement instruments (multiscalers, photon counters,, X-ray spectroscopy systems, Transient recorders, amplifiers, timing modules, discriminators, Windows-based operating software; DLLs for LabVIEW, C, Delphi, Visual Basic; Linux drivers, Sales and representation for AMPTEK Inc., Berkeley Nucleonics Corp. and CREMAT Inc. in

Materials

Si-PIN, CdTe

Certificates

2-year warranty (multiparameter systems)

Founded

1984

Industries

Scientific Instrumentation, Spectroscopy, X-ray Spectroscopy, TOF Mass Spectrometry, LIDAR, Photon Counting

1. 01

   Design and development of the electronic instruments

2. 02

   Manufacture and assembly of the devices

3. 03

   Development of operating software and drivers

4. 04

   Testing and delivery

5. 05

   Sales via direct contacts and international sales partners

Technologies and Detector Materials

Locations

Oberhaching

DE

Headquarters with development and manufacturing

Materials

Si-PIN, CdTe

Products

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

Quality

All multiparameter systems are offered with a 2-year warranty; the products stand for reliability and customer proximity in the scientific community.

History

1. 1984

   Founded as CMTE Elektronik by Norbert Gnieser, Rolf Schwall and a team of specialists; development and manufacture of NIM instruments under the Canberra label

2. 1987

   Acquisition of FAST Data Systems; renamed CMTE FAST Datensysteme GmbH

3. 1989

   Introduction of the first ultra-fast multiscaler (count rates up to 200 MHz, 5 ns time resolution)

4. 1996

   Concentration on the core business of innovative scientific instruments; development of a 2 GHz multistop photon counting system

5. 1998

   Introduction of the first PCI-based multiparameter system MPA-3

6. 2006

   Introduction of the PCI-X multiscaler P7889 with 100 ps resolution (May)

7. 2009

   Production of USB-based devices (MCS6, MCS6A) with 100–800 ps time resolution

8. 2011

   Introduction of the USB-based MPA4 (2/4/8 ADC interfaces) and MPA4T with TOF inputs (100 ps)

9. 2015

   Production of the MCA4, a USB device with four 16-bit sampling ADCs (125 MHz)

10. 2018

    Introduction of the improved version MCA4A with USB3 interface and digital shaper

11. 2020

    Introduction of the MCS8A as successor to the MCS6A with USB3 interface and up to eight TOF inputs (80–800 ps)