Title :
Quadruple well CMOS MAPS with time-invariant processor exposed to ionizing radiation and neutrons
Author :
Ratti, Lodovico ; Traversi, Gianluca ; Zucca, Stefano ; Bettarini, S. ; Morsani, Fabio ; Rizzo, Gianluca ; Bosisio, Luciano ; Rashevskaya, Irina
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. Ind. e dell´Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Abstract :
Monolithic active pixel sensors featuring a time-invariant front-end channel have been fabricated in a quadruple well CMOS process in the frame of an R&D project aiming at developing low material budget, radiation hard detectors for tracking applications. MAPS prototypes have been exposed to integrated fluences up to 1014 1 MeV neutron equivalent/cm2 to test the device tolerance to bulk damage also for different values of the epitaxial layer resistivity. Moreover, samples of the same device have been irradiated with γ-rays from a 60Co source, reaching a final dose exceeding 10 Mrad, to study ionizing radiation effects. This work discusses the test results, obtained through different measurement techniques, and the mechanisms underlying performance degradation in irradiated quadruple well CMOS MAPS.
Keywords :
CMOS image sensors; T invariance; epitaxial layers; monolithic integrated circuits; radiation effects; semiconductor device testing; MAPS prototypes; R&D project; bulk damage; device tolerance; epitaxial layer resistivity; ionizing radiation effects; measurement techniques; monolithic active pixel sensors; quadruple well CMOS MAPS; quadruple well CMOS process; radiation hard detectors; time-invariant front-end channel; time-invariant processor; Conductivity; Electrodes; Epitaxial layers; Neutrons; Radiation effects; Sensitivity; Standards; CMOS MAPS; Quadruple well process; bulk damage; ionizing radiation;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2013 14th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oxford
DOI :
10.1109/RADECS.2013.6937431