Multifunctional Radiation Detector

A radiation detector having a housing with a hollow interior, a display opening and one or more secondary openings, and a processing board enclosed within the interior of the housing, the radiation detector comprising:

• a scintillation detector including a cube-shaped scintillation crystal and a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), wherein a first end of the flexible PCB includes a reinforcing member having two opposing sides, a first side of the two opposing sides includes an attachment member and a second side of the two opposing sides includes a solid-state silicon photomultiplier and a thermo-sensor, the silicon photomultiplier is optically connected to the scintillation crystal, and wherein a second end of the flexible PCB is communicatively connected to the processing board;
• a microprocessor having an embedded flash memory with firmware and computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the microprocessor is configured to process electrical pulses received from the silicon photomultiplier and calculate a value that is proportional to an energy of ionizing particles detected by the scintillation crystal;
• a display having a display flexible PCB communicatively connected to the processing board, the display is configured to be received within the display opening of the housing and configured to display the value calculated by the microprocessor;
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• one or more operating buttons for selectively operating the radiation detector, the one or more operating buttons are configured to be received within respective one or more secondary openings in the housing;
• wherein the radiation detector is configured to detect, analyze and measure a broad spectrum of ionizing radiation energies.