A hand-held neutron detection sensor system

Kevin Osberg; Nathan Schemm; Sina Balkir; Jennifer I. Brand; Susan Hallbeck; Peter Dowbent

A hand-held neutron detection sensor system

Kevin Osberg, Nathan Schemm, Sina Balkir, Jennifer I. Brand, Susan Hallbeck, Peter Dowbent

Quantitative Health Sciences

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Abstract

In this paper, a hand-held neutron radiation sensor application is described. The sensor system utilizes a new class of boron-carbide diode that interacts with incoming neutrons. To interface with the boron-carbide diode an integrated front-end is designed in a 1.5μm standard CMOS technology. With the diode and front-end microchip, a hand-held neutron detection system was realized with an embedded microcontroller for real-time processing. The hand-held detector operation was then tested with a plutonium-beryllium neutron source. Testing results confirm the validity of the approach and the functionality of the design.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ISCAS 2006
Subtitle of host publication	2006 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings
Pages	1179-1182
Number of pages	4
State	Published - Dec 1 2006
Event	ISCAS 2006: 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems - Kos, Greece Duration: May 21 2006 → May 24 2006

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ISSN (Print)	0271-4310

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Other	ISCAS 2006: 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Kos
Period	5/21/06 → 5/24/06

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Osberg, K, Schemm, N, Balkir, S, Brand, JI, Hallbeck, S & Dowbent, P 2006, A hand-held neutron detection sensor system. in ISCAS 2006: 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings., 1692801, Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 1179-1182, ISCAS 2006: 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Kos, Greece, 5/21/06.

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