An efficient, novel microstrip collector architecture for digital radiographic imaging CZT semiconductor sensors

Author

Giakos, G.C. ; Shah, N. ; Chowdhury, S. ; Suryanarayanan, S. ; Sumrain, S. ; Guntupalli, R. ; Medithe, A. ; Vedantham, S. ; Kumar, V. ; Endorf, R.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Akron, OH, USA

Volume

54

Issue

3

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1144

Lastpage

1149

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of a novel microstrip collector design on the temporal response of CdZnTe (CZT) semiconductor detectors for digital radiographic imaging applications. The experimental results of this paper clearly indicate a significant improvement of the temporal response of the CZT imaging detectors due to the enhanced collection efficiency.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; biomedical electronics; cadmium compounds; diagnostic radiography; electric sensing devices; image sensors; microstrip components; semiconductor counters; zinc compounds; CZT semiconductor sensors; CdZnTe; collection efficiency; digital radiographic imaging; microstrip collector architecture; semiconductor detectors; temporal response; Biomedical imaging; Geometry; Image sensors; Microstrip; Radiative recombination; Radiography; Semiconductor materials; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2005.847210

Filename

1433187