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It depends on the type of the IC technology, Bipolar can withstand very high radiation doses, while the newer CMOS tend to be damaged more easily. Gamma radiation is an ionizing radiation and they possess enough energy to break atomic bonds and create electron-hole pair in silicone and silicone-dioxide materials, electrons disspate throught the lattice quickly while holes with much lower mobility remains and changes the characteristics of the device itself , like keeping the n-type ON and hence the circuits fails to perform its intended function

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