Radio-Electronic Modules and Radiation Monitoring Systems based on Diamond Detectors

Abstract

An overview of the current state and promising areas of application of semiconductor diamond detectors for creating radio-electronic monitoring systems for ionizing studies based on them is given. The main attention is paid to the creation of multifunctional space radiation monitoring systems that combine a set of diamond detectors and hardware and software tools that provide diagnostics of dose and spectrometric characteristics of various types of radiation. The data on the developed and manufactured samples of blocks and on-board control systems for cosmic and ionizing radiation are presented. The overview shows that diamond ionizing radiation detectors (IRD) are actively used in the creation of radio-electronic devices and monitoring systems for ionizing and cosmic radiation. The use of diamond IRD in combination with the developed design and technological solutions, hardware and software principles for the construction of such devices make it possible to create samples of on-board onboard avionics for separate measurement of the parameters of cosmic radiation and neutron fluxes, gamma radiation, characterized by small dimensions, high speed, hardness to radiation, mechanical and temperature influences. Multifunctional systems for ionizing radiation detection based on diamond detectors use the accumulated experience of successful development and application of discrete diamond IRD allowed us to start creating multifunctional modules and radiation monitoring systems (RMS) based on them. Theыыыыыы creation of such devices allows us to practically demonstrate the traditional advantages of discrete DIRD (high speed, the highest radiation hardness, high resistance to mechanical and thermal influences) in on-board equipment with smaller mass dimensions. The main structural and technological solutions that ensure the creation and effective functioning of RMS based on diamond IRD are the following: (1) separation the IR flow into energy sub-bands; (2) the use of software and hardware processing of data received from the IRD; (3) using a multi-detector system. Further development of research and development in these areas, in addition to solving the target tasks of radio-electronic instrumentation, will stimulate technological progress in various areas of solid-state electronics, including materials science and physics of wide-band semiconductors, the development of an experimental and technological base for the synthesis of diamond bulk crystals and multilayer structures, the creation of new technologies for ion-plasma processing of semiconductors, and a number of others.