Title :
CMOS charged particle spectrometers
Author :
Soli, G.A. ; Garrett, H.B. ; Fossum, E.R.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Integrated circuits, manufactured in CMOS technology, have been developed as diffusion-based charged particle spectrometers for space applications. Current designs are single-chip spectrometers capable of uniquely identifying and counting electrons and heavy ions. A four-chip spectrometer designed to count protons and heavy ions was flown on the Clementine spacecraft. The spectrometer proton data is compared to GOES-6 proton data for the 21 February 1994 solar proton event
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; cosmic ray apparatus; cosmic ray energy spectra; cosmic ray nuclei; cosmic ray protons; cosmic rays; electron detection; electron spectrometers; particle spectrometers; proton detection; solar cosmic ray particles; CMOS; Clementine spacecraft; GOES-6; charged particle spectrometers; electron detection; four-chip spectrometer; heavy ion detection; single-chip spectrometers; solar proton event; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Electrons; Integrated circuit manufacture; Integrated circuit technology; Protons; Space charge; Space technology; Spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
