Radiation detector
AssigneeIntegrated Magnetoelectronics Corporation
InventorsRobert Burger, Stephen Nuspl, Richard Spitzer, Edward Wuori, Frederick Zieber
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Abstract
A radiation detector is described which includes first circuitry having at least one operational parameter associated therewith which is operable to change in response to radiation exposure. Second circuitry is operable to detect a change in the at least one operational parameter based on a predetermined relation between the at least one operational parameter and at least one type of radiation. The second circuitry is also operable to encode detection information representative of the radiation exposure in response thereto.
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A radiation detector, comprising:
- unshielded semiconductor circuitry having at least one operational parameter associated therewith which is operable to change in response to radiation exposure;
- all-metal circuitry operation of which is based on electronic spin and which is operable to detect a change in the at least one operational parameter based on a predetermined relation between the at least one operational parameter and at least one type of radiation, and encode detection information representative of the radiation exposure in response thereto;
- interface circuitry coupled to the semiconductor circuitry and the all-metal circuitry which is operable to convert signal levels therebetween;
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- communication circuitry operable to generate a detection signal representative of the detection information.
A radiation detector, comprising:
- first circuitry having at least one operational parameter associated therewith which is operable to change in response to radiation exposure;
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- second circuitry operable to detect a change in the at least one operational parameter based on a predetermined relation between the at least one operational parameter and at least one type of radiation, and encode detection information representative of the radiation exposure in response thereto.
A method for calibrating a radiation detector, comprising:
- exposing sensor circuitry to a known measure of radiation, the sensor circuitry having at least one operational parameter associated therewith which is operable to change in response to radiation exposure;
- measuring a change in the at least one operational parameter in response to the known measure of radiation;
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- relating the change in the at least one operational parameter to the known measure of radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.