SBIR/STTR Research Award
Fast Wafer-Scale Characterization Techniques for CZT
Award amount
$99,974Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- CAPESYM INC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-05-31
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- CSZST8YFP7K1
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- MDA10-031
Research abstract
The goal of this proposal is to develop fast wafer-scale techniques for characterization of Zn-concentration and precipitates and inclusions of Cd and Te. A novel approach to spectrometry will be used to develop a fully automated system for generation of high resolution 2D map of Zn-concentration that promises to be 10x-100x faster than current spectrometers. Advanced image processing techniques will be combined with infrared microscopy to generate 3D wafer-scale map of precipitates and inclusions, as well as decorated line defects in the CZT wafer. These capabilities promise to improve qualification of starting substrates as well as relating performance of MCT detectors with features of the substrate. These tools also promise to provide valuable insight into and help optimize bulk crystal growth processes.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- High-Resolution Direct-Conversion X-ray Detectors for Low-Dose Imaging
- Crystal Growth and Characterization of Doped VUV Crystals
- Low-Cost High-Efficiency X-ray Imaging Panels for Field Radiography
- High Yield Growth and Fabrication of Spectroscopic Radiation Detection Semiconductors
- High Quantum Efficiency Scintillators for Dual Readout Calorimetry
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Fast Wafer-Scale Characterization Techniques for CZT
- Large Format Space Focal Plane Array Technologies
Research funding history
85 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1997–2025). Reported award amounts total $46,105,917. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration