份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www Radiation detection solutions for miniaturized pager and handheld markets sensl: light detection and measurement October - 2009 www.sensl.com 1
Mission 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www Working with our customers we identify, design and deliver low light detection solutions which solve customer problems and add value. We aim to be the partner of choice because of our flexibility, capabilities and the desire to meet our customer needs. 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 October - 2009 www.sensl.com 2
Motivation Solid State Vacuum Tube LightBulb (Edison) 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www...is to provide a lower cost and technology enabling solid-state alternative to the vacuum tube based photomultiplier 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 tube (PMT)... 1875 1900 1925 CRT (Ferdinand Braun) Vacuum Tube Diode (Fleming) Photomultiplier Tube (RCA) Silicon Transistor (Texas Inst.) Plasma TV (Bitzer/Gene Slottow) LED (Holonyak) ENIAC (17,468 Tubes) CMOS chip (174,569 transistors) sensl SPMArray 1950 1975 2000 October - 2009 www.sensl.com 3
Introduction 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www Silicon PhotoMultiplier (SPM) detectors are the next generation detector choice for handheld radiation detection 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 For radiation detection, protection and identification sensl offer a fully developed prototype system for radiation detection sensl seek partners to take this technology to the marketplace October - 2009 www.sensl.com 4
SPM concept 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www Geiger mode Detector A photon counting diode detector fabricated in silicon forms the basis for all sensl products 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 Silicon Photomultiplier (SPM) By fabricating large arrays of photon counting detectors, sensl create a high gain detector to replace the PMT October - 2009 www.sensl.com 5
Where does an SPM come from? 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 sensl SPM detectors are bulk manufactured in a ISO9000 controlled semiconductor foundry sensl test and package to produce the best SPM products on the market October - 2009 www.sensl.com 6
Why use SPM detectors? 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www Compared to PMT detectors 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 Very small form factor Rugged and immune to magnetic fields and vibrations User safe voltages Similar high gain Compared to PIN and APD detectors Much higher gain simpler system design Much lower system cost and power Less sensitive to bias and temperature change Can operate at higher temperatures October - 2009 www.sensl.com 7
SPM for radiation detection 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 SPM detectors detect light from scintillating crystals Combining a SPM detector with Csi(Tl) crystals for example, allows radiation to be detected SPM detector in robust ceramic package Combination of crystal with a sensl SPM Plastic scintillators can be added for body dose response October - 2009 www.sensl.com 8
Radiation Detection Prototype 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www Portable gamma radiation detector has been built to demonstrate SPM properties and capabilities 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 Ch1: CsI (Tl) scintillator used with the sensl SPM detector Ch2: Plastic scintillator for body equivalent dose response possible Pulse shaping, amplification along with the multi-channel analyzer has been integrated on a demonstration board Temperature compensation has been implemented through detector bias control and an on-board temperature monitor Spectra data are stored in on board memory USB connection allows data to be uploaded to the PC for analysis Alarms, LCD display, casing or interface buttons are not included at prototype stage and are added as per customer requirements October - 2009 www.sensl.com 9
System Architecture ~30V HV Supply Temp Monitor CsI (Tl) SPM Pulse Shaper MCA Detector 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 Integrating Amplifier Variable Gain Amplifier 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www Multi-Channel Analyzer Additional channels as required October - 2009 www.sensl.com 10
System Conceptual Design 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www <5cm 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 <3cm Gamma Detector Voltage Supply Signal processing Controller Alpha/Beta Neutron Detector Optional Display Driver Display Battery Wireless Comms Alarms DC In Simple compact board design. Additional features possible depending on customer sensitivity and power requirements. October - 2009 www.sensl.com 11
Performance Comparison 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 October - 2009 www.sensl.com 12
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Energy resolution 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 sensl SPM are ideal for detection of common high energy sources and particles October - 2009 www.sensl.com 14
Energy resolution Cs-137 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 250 Cs-137 662 kev Peak (Energy Resolution is 9% at 662keV) 200 ADC Peak 150 100 50 0 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 ADC Channel October - 2009 www.sensl.com 15
Isotope identification Low Energy Gamma Spectra 8000 7000 6000 Am-241 Co-57 High Energy Gamma Spectra ADC Peak 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 ADC Peak 400 350 300 250 200 150 Cs-137 ADC Channel (kev) 100 Mn-54 50 0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 ADC Channel (kev) Measurements for a variety of radiation sources October - 2009 www.sensl.com 16
Temperature stability 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 Operation is stable over a wide temperature range October - 2009 www.sensl.com 17
Linearity Detection Linearity 700 650 Co-60 Peak (ADC Channel) 600 550 500 450 400 Na-22 Cs-137 Mn-54 Co-60 Na-22 350 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 300 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Peak Energy (kev) Good linearity up to 3MeV October - 2009 www.sensl.com 18
Conclusions 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 www sensl have developed the technology required for a compact, portable, pager style radiation detection and identification system sensl seeks partners to take this technology to the market 份有限公司 wwwom 先锋科技股份有限公司 Benefits to our customers: low system cost, high performance, robustness, reliability, user safe operating voltages, high volume and scalable technology with a rapid time to market October - 2009 www.sensl.com 19