A semiconductor detector in ionizing radiation detection physics is a device that uses a semiconductor (usually silicon or germanium) to measure the effect...
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practical application of semiconductors in electronics was the 1904 development of the cat's-whisker detector, a primitive semiconductor diode used in early...
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Many of the detectors invented and used so far are ionization detectors (of which gaseous ionization detectors and semiconductor detectors are most typical)...
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type of semiconductor diode, and one of the first semiconductor electronic devices. The most common type was the so-called cat's whisker detector, which...
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In semiconductor production, doping is the intentional introduction of impurities into an intrinsic (undoped) semiconductor for the purpose of modulating...
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Neutron detection (redirect from Neutron detector)
of microstructured semiconductor neutron detectors (MSND). These detectors have microscopic structures etched into a semiconductor substrate, subsequently...
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(Si(Li) or Ge(Li)) semiconductor detectors have been developed. X-ray photons are converted to electron-hole pairs in the semiconductor and are collected...
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Gamma spectroscopy (redirect from Gamma ray detector)
gamma ray photons. In semiconductor detectors, an electric field is applied to the detector volume. An electron in the semiconductor is fixed in its valence...
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photoionization detectors, infrared point sensors, ultrasonic sensors, electrochemical gas sensors, and metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) sensors. More...
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Hybrid pixel detectors are a type of ionizing radiation detector consisting of an array of diodes based on semiconductor technology and their associated...
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Photodetector (redirect from Optical detectors)
material, altering its conductivity. Photoconductive detectors are typically made of semiconductors. Photoemission or photoelectric effect: Photons cause...
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Scintillation counter (category Particle detectors)
some of the elements of which they are composed. However, detectors based on semiconductors, notably hyperpure germanium, have better intrinsic energy...
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Geiger counter (redirect from Radiac detector)
chamber, the simplest ionising radiation detector Gaseous ionization detector, an overview of the main gaseous detector types Geiger–Müller tube, provides a...
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materials in these are semiconductors with narrow band gaps. Incident IR photons can cause electronic excitations. In photoconductive detectors, the resistivity...
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scattering in a scintillator or a semiconductor detector. It is a measurement phenomenon caused by scattering within the detector, and is not present in the...
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Crystal radio (section Crystal detector)
capacitive. A semiconductor crystal detector that demodulates the radio signal to extract the audio signal (modulation). The crystal detector functions as...
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Gaseous ionization detectors Neutron detection Particle detector Proportional counter Scintillator Scintillation counter Semiconductor detector Thermoluminescent...
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A semiconductor device is an electronic component that relies on the electronic properties of a semiconductor material (primarily silicon, germanium,...
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Diode (redirect from Semiconductor diode)
radio receiver detectors. Until the 1950s, vacuum diodes were used more frequently in radios because the early point-contact semiconductor diodes were less...
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Cadmium zinc telluride (category Ionising radiation detectors)
telluride. A direct bandgap semiconductor, it is used in a variety of applications, including semiconductor radiation detectors, photorefractive gratings...
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the amount of ionising energy deposited in the sensor of the radiation detector. The conversion calculation is dependent on the radiation energy levels...
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Whole-body counting (category Ionising radiation detectors)
detected. This would be by means of either a scintillation detector or a semiconductor detector placed in close proximity to the body. Radioactive decay...
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X-ray fluorescence (section Si(Li) detectors)
four common types of detector: gas flow proportional counters sealed gas detectors scintillation counters semiconductor detectors Gas flow proportional...
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P–n junction (redirect from Semiconductor junction)
Field-effect transistor n–p–n transistor p–n–p transistor Semiconductor detector Semiconductor device Transistor–transistor logic Riordan, Michael; Hoddeson...
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MOSFET (redirect from Metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor)
In electronics, the metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, MOS FET, or MOS transistor) is a type of field-effect transistor...
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Scintillation counter Proportional counter Radiation monitoring Semiconductor detector Survey meter Whole-body counting Protection techniques Lead shielding...
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angle of collection. BSE detectors are usually either of scintillator or of semiconductor types. When all parts of the detector are used to collect electrons...
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diode with a wide, undoped intrinsic semiconductor region between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor region. The p-type and n-type regions...
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carrier wave. This is its current meaning, although modern detectors usually consist of semiconductor diodes, transistors, or integrated circuits. In a superheterodyne...
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law detector is a device that produces an output proportional to the square of some input. For example, in demodulating radio signals, a semiconductor diode...
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