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Simulation of the anode structure for capacitive Frisch grid CdZnTe detectors

NUCLEAR ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

Simulation of the anode structure for capacitive Frisch grid CdZnTe detectors

MIN Jiahua
SHI Zhubin
QIAN Yongbiao
SANG Wenbin
ZHAO Hengyu
TENG Jianyong
LIU Jishan
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.20, No.1pp.46-50Published in print 20 Feb 2009
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CdZnTe (CZT) capacitive Frisch grid detectors can achieve a higher detecting resolution. The anode structure might have an important role in improving the weighting potential distribution of the detectors. In this paper, four anode structures of capacitive Frisch grid structures have been analyzed with FE simulation, based on a 3-dimensional weighting potential analysis. The weighting potential distributions in modified anode devices (Model B, C and D) are optimized compared with a square device (Model A). In model C and D, the abrupt weighting potential can be well modified. However, with increased radius of the circular electrode in Model C the weighting potential platform away from the anode becomes higher and higher and in Model D, the weighting potential does not vary too much.

Frisch gridCdZnTe detectorsWeighting potential
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