A Low Cost Environmental Ionizing Radiation Detector Based on COTS CMOS Image Sensors

MARTÍN PEREZ ; FABRICIO ALCALDE ; MIGUEL SOFO HARO ; IVAN SIDELNIK ; JUAN JERÓNIMO BLOSTEIN ; MARIANO GÓMEZ BERISSO; JOSE LIPOVETZKY

Congreso; 2018 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON); 2019

This work presents the development and implementation of an ionizing radiation detector based on a commercial off the shelf CMOS image sensor and a FPGA. The response of the system was tested in irradiations with gamma photons, beta and alpha particles using different configurations of the image sensor. Finally, we analyze the possible uses of such configurations in the discrimination of events produced by alpha particles in mixed radiation fields.