Ionizing Radiation Effects in Electronics

Ionizing Radiation Effects in Electronics
Author: Marta Bagatin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1498722636

Ionizing Radiation Effects in Electronics: From Memories to Imagers delivers comprehensive coverage of the effects of ionizing radiation on state-of-the-art semiconductor devices. The book also offers valuable insight into modern radiation-hardening techniques. The text begins by providing important background information on radiation effects, their underlying mechanisms, and the use of Monte Carlo techniques to simulate radiation transport and the effects of radiation on electronics. The book then: Explains the effects of radiation on digital commercial devices, including microprocessors and volatile and nonvolatile memories—static random-access memories (SRAMs), dynamic random-access memories (DRAMs), and Flash memories Examines issues like soft errors, total dose, and displacement damage, together with hardening-by-design solutions for digital circuits, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and mixed-analog circuits Explores the effects of radiation on fiber optics and imager devices such as complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors and charge-coupled devices (CCDs) Featuring real-world examples, case studies, extensive references, and contributions from leading experts in industry and academia, Ionizing Radiation Effects in Electronics: From Memories to Imagers is suitable both for newcomers who want to become familiar with radiation effects and for radiation experts who are looking for more advanced material or to make effective use of beam time.

Physics of PET and SPECT Imaging

Physics of PET and SPECT Imaging
Author: Magnus Dahlbom
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2017-02-17
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315356783

PET and SPECT imaging has improved to such a level that they are opening up exciting new horizons in medical diagnosis and treatment. This book provides a complete introduction to fundamentals and the latest progress in the field, including an overview of new scintillator materials and innovations in photodetector development, as well as the latest system designs and image reconstruction algorithms. It begins with basics of PET and SPECT physics, followed by technology advances and computing methods, quantitative techniques, multimodality imaging, instrumentation, pre-clinical and clinical imaging applications.

Energy Efficient Computing & Electronics

Energy Efficient Computing & Electronics
Author: Santosh K. Kurinec
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2019-01-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1351779850

In our abundant computing infrastructure, performance improvements across most all application spaces are now severely limited by the energy dissipation involved in processing, storing, and moving data. The exponential increase in the volume of data to be handled by our computational infrastructure is driven in large part by unstructured data from countless sources. This book explores revolutionary device concepts, associated circuits, and architectures that will greatly extend the practical engineering limits of energy-efficient computation from device to circuit to system level. With chapters written by international experts in their corresponding field, the text investigates new approaches to lower energy requirements in computing. Features • Has a comprehensive coverage of various technologies • Written by international experts in their corresponding field • Covers revolutionary concepts at the device, circuit, and system levels

Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications

Radiation Detectors for Medical Applications
Author: Stefaan Tavernier
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2006-06-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1402050933

The topic of this book is the use of scintillating materials in the detection of ionising radiation for medical imaging. The text surveys the state of the art in radiation detectors for medical imaging, followed by an in-depth review of all aspects of the use of scintillating materials. Also included are detailed discussion of ways to improve the performance of existing scintillating materials and completely novel uses of scintillating materials.

Protection of Electronic Circuits from Overvoltages

Protection of Electronic Circuits from Overvoltages
Author: Ronald B. Standler
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0486150844

Practical rules and strategies designed to protect electronic systems from damage by transient overvoltages include symptoms and threats, remedies, protective devices and their applications, and validation of protective measures. 1989 edition.