SBIR/STTR Research Award
POSITION SENSITIVE CDTE DETECTOR USING IMPROVED CRYSTAL GROWTH METHOD
Award amount
$49,911Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Aurora Technologies
- Proposal award date
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- 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
THE OVERALL PROGRAM GOAL IS A POSITION SENSITIVE CDTE NUCLEAR PARTICLE DETECTOR ARRAY WITH TOTAL AREA GREATER THAN50 CM2 AND RESOLUTION OF 1 MM2 OR LESS. AS A PHASE I FEASIBILITY DEMONSTRATION, A 100 ELEMENT SQUARE ARRAY OF 1-MM2 AREA, 2-MM THICK ELEMENTS WILL BE FABRICATED AND ANALYSED. CDTE DETECTORS HAVE THE GENERAL ADVANTAGES OF HIGH Z (48/52), ROOM TEMPERATURE OPERATION, A BULK CRYSTAL CONFIGURATION, AND EXCELLENT RELIABILITY AND LIFETIME. AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE TO UTILIZE IMPROVED CDTE CRYSTALS GROWN BY A NEW HIGH PRESSURE, QUARTZ-FREE GROWTH PROCESS. USE OF THIS PROCESS SHOULD, IN THE FUTURE, LED TO ARRAY AREAS GREATER THAN 100 CM2.
Technology keywords
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