UK SBS PR17009 High Purity Germanium Strip Detector

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A High Purity Germanium (HPGe) strip detector for the STFC developed XH system is required. The requested work is to develop:

2 wafers of HPGe detectors which contain:

o At least 4 detectors that have 1024 strips on a 50µm pitch, 5mm long, with alternating wire bond pads on both ends of the strips on a 100µm pitch.

o At least 2 detectors per wafer with a single guard ring around the strip array.

o At least 2 detectors per wafer with two guard rings around the strip array.

o One wafer with a passivation layer provided with openings for wire bonding.

o One wafer without a passivation layer.

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