Title :
Alpha-particle monitoring systems based on a BJT detector on high-resistivity silicon
Author :
Saguatti, Davide ; Tyzhnevyi, Vladyslav ; Giacomini, Gabriele
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Sci. e Metodi dell´´Ing., Univ. di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Abstract :
A battery-powered, wireless alpha-ray sensor has been designed and realized using a high-resistivity-silicon BJT as radiation detector. Thanks to its excellent signal-to-noise ratio and intrinsic amplification, real-time alpha particle detection is possible using simple readout electronics which records alpha particle arrival time and charge spectrum.
Keywords :
bipolar transistors; elemental semiconductors; particle detectors; radiation monitoring; readout electronics; silicon; wireless sensor networks; BJT detector; Si; alpha-particle monitoring systems; battery-powered wireless alpha-ray sensor; charge spectrum; high-resistivity silicon; intrinsic amplification; radiation detector; readout electronics; real-time alpha particle detection; signal-to-noise ratio; wireless sensor network; Alpha particles; Detectors; Instruments; Linearity; Monitoring; Pixel; Wireless sensor networks; alpha-ray detection; high-resistivity-silicon BJT; ionized radiation; wireless sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME), 2011 7th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Trento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9138-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9136-0
DOI :
10.1109/PRIME.2011.5966225
