Wristwatch dosimeter

Title: Wristwatch dosimeter

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The disclosure is directed to a wristwatch dosimeter utilizing a CdTe detector, a microprocessor and an audio and/or visual alarm. The dosimeter is entirely housable with a conventional digital watch case having an additional aperture enabling the detector to receive radiation.

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Wolf, Michael A ^[1]; Waechter, David A ^[1]; Umbarger, C John ^[1]

Los Alamos, NM

Issue Date:: 1986-01-01

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 865968

Patent Number(s):: 4608655

Assignee:: Regents of University of California (Berkeley, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION

G - PHYSICS G04 - HOROLOGY G04G - ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
G01T1/15 - Instruments in which pulses generated by a radiation detector are integrated, e.g. by a diode pump circuit
G01T1/244 - {Auxiliary details, e.g. casings, cooling, damping or insulation against damage by, e.g. heat, pressure or the like}
G01T1/026 - {Semiconductor dose-rate meters}

G - PHYSICS G04 - HOROLOGY G04G - ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
G04G21/02 - Detectors of external physical values, e.g. temperature

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DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: wristwatch; dosimeter; disclosure; directed; utilizing; cdte; detector; microprocessor; audio; visual; alarm; entirely; housable; conventional; digital; watch; additional; aperture; enabling; receive; radiation; receive radiation; wristwatch dosimeter; meter utilizing; dosimeter utilizing; /702/250/368/968/

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                    Wolf, Michael A, Waechter, David A, and Umbarger, C John. Wristwatch dosimeter.  United States: N. p., 1986. 
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  author       = {Wolf, Michael A and Waechter, David A and Umbarger, C John},

  abstractNote = {The disclosure is directed to a wristwatch dosimeter utilizing a CdTe detector, a microprocessor and an audio and/or visual alarm. The dosimeter is entirely housable with a conventional digital watch case having an additional aperture enabling the detector to receive radiation.},

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