Speaker
Alessandro Gabrielli
(Universita e INFN (IT))
Description
The paper shows the design of microelectronic circuits composed of an oscillator, a modulator, a transmitter and an integrated antenna. Prototype chips were recently fabricated and tested exploiting commercial 130 and 180 nm CMOS technologies. Preliminary results are summarized along with some measurements of the prototypes behavior. In addition, wireless transmission capabilities have been evaluated. The chips fit a large variety of applications like spot radiation monitoring, punctual measurements of radiation in High-Energy Physics experiments or, since they heve been characterized as low-power components, readout systems for space applications.
Author
Alessandro Gabrielli
(Universita e INFN (IT))
Co-authors
Dr
Danilo Demarchi
(IIT@Polito Istituto Italiano Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Dr
Giulio Villani
(STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council - RAL - UK)
Dr
Marco Crepaldi
(IIT@Polito Istituto Italiano Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, IT)
Dr
Paolo Motto Ros
(IIT@Polito Istituto Italiano Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, IT)