The paper describes the design of a readout element, proposed as a radiation monitor, which implements an embedded sensor based on a floating-gate transistor. The paper shows the design of a microelectronic circuit composed of a sensor, an oscillator, a modulator, a transmitter and an integrated antenna. A prototype chip has recently been fabricated and tested exploiting a commercial 180 nm, four metal CMOS technology. Simulation results of the entire behavior of the circuit before submission are presented along with some measurements of the actual chip response. In addition, preliminary tests of the performance of the Ultra-Wide Band transmission via the integrated antenna are summarized. As the complete chip prototype area is less than 1 mm2, the chip fits a large variety of applications, from spot radiation monitoring systems in medicine to punctual measurements of radiation level in High-Energy Physics experiments. A sensitivity of 1 mV/rad was estimated within an absorbed dose range up to 10 krad and a total power consumption of about 165 μW.

S. Bastianini, M. Crepaldi, D. Demarchi, A. Gabrielli, M. Lolli, A. Margotti, et al. (2013). A 0.18 μm CMOS low-power radiation sensor for asynchronous event-driven UWB wireless transmission. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 730, 105-110 [10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.008].

A 0.18 μm CMOS low-power radiation sensor for asynchronous event-driven UWB wireless transmission

BASTIANINI, STEFANO;GABRIELLI, ALESSANDRO;ZOCCOLI, GIOVANNA
2013

Abstract

The paper describes the design of a readout element, proposed as a radiation monitor, which implements an embedded sensor based on a floating-gate transistor. The paper shows the design of a microelectronic circuit composed of a sensor, an oscillator, a modulator, a transmitter and an integrated antenna. A prototype chip has recently been fabricated and tested exploiting a commercial 180 nm, four metal CMOS technology. Simulation results of the entire behavior of the circuit before submission are presented along with some measurements of the actual chip response. In addition, preliminary tests of the performance of the Ultra-Wide Band transmission via the integrated antenna are summarized. As the complete chip prototype area is less than 1 mm2, the chip fits a large variety of applications, from spot radiation monitoring systems in medicine to punctual measurements of radiation level in High-Energy Physics experiments. A sensitivity of 1 mV/rad was estimated within an absorbed dose range up to 10 krad and a total power consumption of about 165 μW.
2013
S. Bastianini, M. Crepaldi, D. Demarchi, A. Gabrielli, M. Lolli, A. Margotti, et al. (2013). A 0.18 μm CMOS low-power radiation sensor for asynchronous event-driven UWB wireless transmission. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 730, 105-110 [10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.008].
S. Bastianini; M. Crepaldi; D. Demarchi; A. Gabrielli; M. Lolli; A. Margotti; G. Villani; Z. Zhang; G. Zoccoli
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