Single charge carrier type sensing with a parallel strip pseudo-Frisch-grid CdZnTe semiconductor radiation detector

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McGregor, DS [1 ]
He, Z
Seifert, HA
Wehe, DK
Rojeski, RA
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[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Nucl Engn & Radiol Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Etec Syst Inc, Hayward, CA 94545 USA
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10.1063/1.120895
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O59 [应用物理学];
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An improvement in gamma-ray energy resolution is demonstrated for a room-temperature operated CdZnTe semiconductor detector that incorporates a parallel strip pseudo-Frisch-grid detector design. The device construction allows primarily for the measurement of electron charge carriers and not hole charge carriers. The detector is a three-terminal device that requires signal output to only one preamplifier, and its simplistic design offers an alternative method to single charge carrier type sensing to that of coplanar semiconductor gamma-ray detector designs. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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