High-sensitivity miniature smoke detector

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3031-3035

  Bakhoum, Ezzat G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha particle detector; ionization chamber; N channel MOSFET; smoke detector; smoke detector sensitivity

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR SENSITIVITY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MOS-FET; N-CHANNEL; NEW DETECTORS; PARTICLE RADIATION; POSITIVE CHARGES;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; SENSORS;

SMOKE DETECTORS;

EID: 84865224725     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2208741     Document Type: Article

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