RADIATION-DETECTING STRUCTURES
A mobile device including a housing, a wireless signal transceiver contained within the housing, and a radiation-detecting structure comprising a charge storage structure contained within the housing to detect radiation.
1 . An article comprising:
a mobile device including:
a housing:
a wireless signal transceiver contained within the housing; and
a radiation-detecting structure comprising a charge storage structure contained within the housing to detect radiation.
2 . The article of claim 1 , wherein the radiation-detecting structure is a neutron-detecting structure.
3 . The article of claim 1 , further comprising a timer module coupled to the radiation-detecting structure to determine when to conduct a read operation to determine a state of the radiation-detecting structure.
4 . The article of claim 3 , wherein upon conducting the read operation, read data is generated and transmitted to a remote transmitter.
5 . The article of claim 4 , wherein an alert signal is generated in response to the read operation.
6 . The article of claim 5 , wherein the alert signal is transmitted to a communications network.
7 . The article of claim 1 , further comprising a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) electrically coupled to the radiation-detecting structure.
8 . The article of claim 7 , wherein the MEMS is an accelerometer.
9 . The article of claim 1 , wherein the housing is coupled to a transportation vehicle.
10 . The article of claim 1 , further comprising a digital data processor electrically coupled to the radiation-detecting structure.
11 . The article of claim 10 , further comprising a radiation-insensitive charge storage structure coupled to the digital data processor.
12 . The article of claim 11 , wherein the radiation-insensitive charge storage structure and the radiation-detecting structure are part of a same memory array.
13 . The article of claim 11 , wherein the radiation-detecting structure comprises a same design as the radiation-insensitive charge storage structure.
14 . The article of claim 13 , wherein the radiation-detecting structure comprises a radiation-sensitive layer including a material different than a material within a corresponding layer of the radiation-insensitive charge storage structure.
15 . The article of claim 14 , wherein the radiation-detecting structure comprises 10 B and the radiation-insensitive charge storage structure comprises 11 B.
16 . An article comprising:
a personal mobile device comprising:
a housing;
a wireless signal transceiver contained within the housing;
a substrate contained within the housing; and
a charge storage structure disposed at the substrate within the housing comprising a radiation-reactive material, wherein the charge storage structure is electrically connected to the wireless signal transceiver.
17 . The article of claim 16 , wherein the radiation-reactive material comprises an amorphous phase.
18 . The article of claim 16 , wherein the radiation-reactive material comprises an element selected from the group of elements consisting of 10 B, 6 Li, 113 Cd, and 157 Gd.
19 . The article of claim 16 , further comprising a thermalizing material overlying the charge storage structure.
20 . An article comprising:
a mobile device including:
a housing:
a wireless signal transceiver contained within the housing; and
a radiation-detecting structure comprising 10 B to detect radiation.