Improvement of the CdTe diode detectors using a guard-ring electrode

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1881-1885

  Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Oonuki, Kousuke ^a,b   Tanaka, Takaaki ^a,b   Kobayashi, Yoshihito ^a,b   Tamura, Ken'ichi ^a,b   Mitani, Takefumi ^a,b   Sato, Goro ^a,b   Watanabe, Shin ^a,b   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a,b   Ohno, Ryoichi ^c   Kitajima, Akihito ^c   Kuroda, Yoshikatsu ^d   Onishi, Mitsunobu ^e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ACRORAD   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^e Daiichi System Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride (CdTe); Diode; Gamma ray; Guard ring (GR)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE (CDTE); DIODE; GAMMA-RAY; GUARD-RING (GR);

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; GAMMA RAYS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; PLATINUM; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 4444338347     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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