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

fYear

2011

fDate

3-7 July 2011

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

96

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PRIME.2011.5966225

Filename

5966225