{"title":"αRAM: An α particle detecting MOS IC for radon monitoring","authors":"R. Griffin, H. Le, D.T. Jack, N. G. Tarr","doi":"10.1109/MNRC.2008.4683381","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A custom integrated circuit (ldquoalphaRAMrdquo) capable of detecting the alpha particles emitted in the decay of radon and its progeny has been designed, fabricated and successfully tested. The alphaRAM has been incorporated in a complete radon monitor using electrostatic concentration of radon progeny. The monitor can detect hazardous levels of radon within hours.","PeriodicalId":247684,"journal":{"name":"2008 1st Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 1st Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MNRC.2008.4683381","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
Abstract
A custom integrated circuit (ldquoalphaRAMrdquo) capable of detecting the alpha particles emitted in the decay of radon and its progeny has been designed, fabricated and successfully tested. The alphaRAM has been incorporated in a complete radon monitor using electrostatic concentration of radon progeny. The monitor can detect hazardous levels of radon within hours.