Making radiation sensors smart enough for computers

Author

Audet, S.A. ; Wouters, S.E. ; Kim, M.H. ; Schooneveld, E.M.

Author_Institution

Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

1989

fDate

8-12 May 1989

Firstpage

28915

Lastpage

29646

Abstract

The physical operation of nuclear radiation sensors is briefly reviewed. This is followed by a description of a typical experimental measurement-system setup, which can be divided into two parts: the application-specific part (including the detector and its associated electronics) and the computer-interfaced part (consisting of a multichannel analyzer). A number of recent improvements in the system design are discussed, followed by an extended description of one of the most promising new ideas, the monolithic integration of both the radiation sensor and its associated electronics on one high-ohmic silicon substrate. The results prove to be a stimulus for making radiation sensors smart enough for computers

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; radiation monitoring; computer-interfaced; detector; experimental measurement-system; high-ohmic silicon substrate; multichannel analyzer; nuclear radiation sensors; radiation sensor; radiation sensors; Intelligent sensors; Ionizing radiation sensors; Nuclear electronics; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor films; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor radiation detectors; Sensor arrays; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

CompEuro '89., 'VLSI and Computer Peripherals. VLSI and Microelectronic Applications in Intelligent Peripherals and their Interconnection Networks', Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1940-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPEUR.1989.93410

Filename

93410