Response of a MEMS Microshutter Operating at 60 K to Ionizing Radiation

S. Büchner, David A. Rapchun, H. Moseley, Stephen E. Meyer, Tim Oldham, Knute Ray, Jim Tuttle, Ed Quinn, Ernie Buchanan, Dave Bloom,

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 2007 · 18 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Total ionizing dose (TID) measurements at low temperature (60 K) of a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microshutter array (MSA) indicate that exposing the MSA to ionizing radiation causes some of the shutters to stop operating properly. The number of non-functional shutters depends on the applied bias. With increasing dose, the number of micro-shutters that become non-functional increases.

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