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Clementine RRELAX SRAM Particle Spectrometer

Buehler, M.·Soli, G.·Blaes, B.·Ratliff, J.·Garrett, H.
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The Clementine RRELAX radiation monitor chip consists of a p-FET total dose monitor and a 4-kbit SRAM particle spectrometer. Eight of these chips were included in the RRELAX and used to detect the passage of the Clementine (S/C) and the innerstage adapter (ISA) through the earth's radiation belts and the 21-Feb 1994 solar flare. This is the first space flight for this 1.2 micron rad-soft custom CMOS radiation monitor. This paper emphasizes results from the SRAM particle detector which showed that it a) has a detection range of five orders of magnitude relative to the 21-Feb solar flare, b) is not affected by electrons, and c) detected microflares occurring with a 26.5 day period.

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Buehler, M., Soli, G., Blaes, B., Ratliff, J., Garrett, H.. 1994-01-01. Clementine RRELAX SRAM Particle Spectrometer. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060042229

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