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Detectors and Detector Systems
Assembly of Detectors and Detector Arrays
For customers who have special requirements and can not use the detector modules as produced by KETEK, we offer customized solutions. These start at the ”chip on ceramics level” and go up to complete detector systems including all necessary electronics.
To meet your needs KETEK offers:
Any level of chip assembly
- Chips mounted on customer specific substrates
- Chip arrays mounted on customer specific substrates
Any level of cooling and temperature stabilization
- Thermoelectric cooling
- Multistage thermoelectric cooling
- Other types of cooling (e.g. fans, radiators etc.)
Any level of mechanical assembly
- Detector housings (bevelled caps, non-magnetic, etc.)
- Entrance windows (Be, polymer)
- Collimators (Zr, Pd, Cu, Mo etc, different sizes)
- System housings (vacuum tightness, meeting space constraints)
Any level of electronics
- Chips with first FET, reset diode, feed back capacitor and temperature monitor
- Preamplifiers with continuous or pulsed reset
- Shapers
- Detector temperature control
- ADC/MCA
- KETEK Digital Pulse Processor (DPP)
- Power supplies for detectors and thermoelectric coolers
- Customized cables
Any level of qualification and warranty
- Full qualification with KETEK warranty
- Qualification according to the degree of assembly
- Full KETEK technical support
Please do not hesitate to contact us, if special developments are of interest for you! We will support you with more than 10 years of know-how in SDD assembly and operation and be pleased to discuss your application with you to define and develop the detector that serves your needs optimally.
Examples of customer specific assemblies:
SDD ring detector for x-ray microscopy,
PIXE and high count rate/high solid angle
applications (e.g. at synchrotrons) 
100mm2 SDD slim-line-component can
be combined to multi-channel detectors 
5-channel SDD for nuclear fusion
plasma research
SDD with scintillator for Gamma-
spectroscopy
(the picture shows a
laboratory prototype) 
SDD with special housing for Mars
Exploration Rovers "Spririt"
and "Opportunity" 
SDD with customized housings 
SDD with any wanted combination of
front-end
electronics for research
applications 