Title :
Development of a CMOS Oscillator Concept for Particle Detection and Tracking
Author :
Castellani-Coulie, K. ; Aziza, H. ; Rahajandraibe, W. ; Micolau, G. ; Portal, J.-M.
Author_Institution :
IMT Technopole de Chateau-Gombert, Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille, France
Abstract :
An oscillator concept developed for particle detection and tracking is presented. The methodology used to characterize the currents generated by the particle is detailed. A Design Of Experiment (DOE) analysis is used to correlate the circuit oscillations with the current characteristics after particle detection. To validate the concept, an application example is developed to validate the detector capability to track a striking particle.
Keywords :
CMOS memory circuits; circuit oscillations; position sensitive particle detectors; solid-state nuclear track detectors; CMOS oscillator concept; DOE; circuit oscillations; design-of-experiment analysis; particle detection; particle tracking; Delays; Detectors; Integrated circuit modeling; Noise; Oscillators; Phase frequency detector; Random access memory; CMOS oscillator; SRAM; detection; diagnosis; single event upset;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2013.2254723
