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Designing Utopia – An Ultralow Picoammeter

There are various applications where the output of a sensor is a low current. In some cases like in ionizing radiation measurements, device characterization, leakage current measurements and biosensing instrumentation, the current that has to be…

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New dosimeter design for FCC

The presence of radiation at the LHC may cause damage to sensitive electronics equipment and magnets, jeopardising the operation of the world’s largest and most complex machine. Until now, CERN radiation experts have been using state-of-the-art…

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