SBIR/STTR Research Award
IMPROVED SILICON PHOTODIODE DETECTORS
Award amount
$66,836Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Udt Sensors Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
SILICON PHOTODIODES ARE USED BY ALL X-RAY BAGGAGE SCANNERS. THESE SYSTEMS ARE, AT LEAST PARTLY, LIMITED BY THE NOISE PERFORMANCE OF THE PHOTODETECTORS. HIGHER PERFORMANCE PHOTODETECTORS WOULD ALLOW BETTER IMAGE QUALITY, LOWER DOSE, OR HIGHER INSPECTION SPEEDS. THIS RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE PHOTODIODE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS THRUGH NOVEL STRUCTURES.
Technology keywords
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