Cadmium Zinc Telluride
Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) has long been known to possess the stopping power, room temperature sensitivity and spectral resolution required for hard X-ray and gamma-ray detection, but fabrication issues had prevented its use as a viable detector in many applications in nuclear medicine, astrophysics, homeland security and industrial x-ray imaging.
This is no longer a problem, however, thanks to Creative Electron’s research and development. We brought our experience in packaging to the fabrication of practical CZT detector array modules. The result is an incredible new detector packaging system that is revolutionizing the emerging CZT detector industry.
Creative Electron’s patented sensor technology comprises a flip-chip CZT sensor and one of three different bonding technologies: epoxy-based, solder-based, and a novel hybrid approach which offers almost unlimited reworkability of CZT crystals and the corresponding high-desnity printed circuit or ASIC. Our low-profile package can be designed into planar arrays of many different sizes.
What makes this package possible are our reliable electrode metallizations and our low-temperature bonding technologies. Our CZT detector technology can easily be adapted to any number of applications, including mammography, PET and SPECT imaging systems, astrophysics X-ray detection, and high-resolution nuclear spectrometers for homeland security and defense systems.