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ArticleIEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences2023

Impact of Flexible Circuit Bonding and System Integration on Energy Resolution of Cross-Strip CZT Detectors.

Emily Enlow, Milad Diba, James Clayton, Brian Harris, Shiva Abbaszadeh

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Article in IEEE transactions on radiation and plasma medical sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emily EnlowDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2989-3036
Milad DibaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA.
James ClaytonPolymer Assembly Technology Inc., Rockford, MI 49341 USA.
Brian HarrisKromek, Zelienople, PA 16063 USA.ORCID 0009-0005-0711-1832
Shiva AbbaszadehDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6345-2408
University of California, Santa Cruz · USAssembly Biosciences (United States) · USKromek (United States) · US

Funding

High spatial resolution dedicated head and neck PET system based on cadmium zinc telluride detectorsR01EB028091 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI ABBASZADEH, SHIVA · 2018 to 2021
$2.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB028091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors enable high spatial resolution and high detection efficiency and are utilized for many gamma-ray and X-ray spectroscopy applications. In this article, we describe a stable bonding process and report on the characterization of cross-strip CZT detectors before and after bonding to flexible circuit. The bonding process utilizes gold stud bonding and polymer epoxy technique to bond the flexible circuits to two CZT crystals and form a detector module in an anode-cathode-cathode-anode (ACCA) configuration. The readout electronics is optimized in terms of shaper setting and steering electrode voltage. The average full-width half maximum (FWHM) energy resolution at 662 keV of 110 CZT crystals tested individually was 3.5% ± 0.59% and 4.75% ± 0.48% prebonded and post-bonded, respectively. No depth correction was performed in this study. The average FWHM energy resolution at 662 keV of the scaled-up system with 80 CZT crystals was 4.40% ± 0.53%, indicating the scaled-up readout electronics and stacking of the modules does not deteriorate performance. The proper shielding and grounding of the scaled-up system slightly improved the system-wide performance. The FWHM energy resolution at 511 keV of the scaled-up system was 5.85% ± 0.73%.

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Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT)cross-strip electrode configurationelectronics noiseenergy resolutiongold stud bonding

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PMID38468608
PMCPMC10927013
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