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The lifetime of silicon detectors in a severe radiation environment at CERN
LHC depends strongly upon careful detector design and material selection,
due to the anticipated radiation-induced damage. We fabricated recently mor
e radiation-tolerant CMS forward pixel sensors' with new designs of silicon
pixel detectors with the n(+)/n/p(+) and double-sided multiguard ring stru
cture. Electrical characterization of such devices was performed before and
after irradiation to neutron fluences (1 MeV equivalent) up to 6x10(14) n/
cm(2) measuring leakage current, potential distribution over the guard ring
s and full depletion voltage. Studies on the radiation hardness using oxyge
n-enriched silicon substrates are being presented separately[1].