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History of CZT and eV PRODUCTS


2009
  • Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. Acquires eV Microelectronics, now called EI Detection & Imaging Systems
2008
  • Launch of eV-2500, the first turn-key x-ray imaging linear array demonstrating 4 million counts/mm2/second

2007

  • Launch of iGEM™ SM Next Generation eV-CZT™ based Portable Spectrometer Engine for Homeland Security
  • 3 Gen-5 furnaces are in production providing high-quality 25 Kg CdZnTe crystals at higher yield and lower cost

2006

  • Produces first 8 inch (20cm) diameter CdZnTe ingots with Generation 5 CdZnTe Furnace
  • Opened Chinese Engineering Technology Center in Beijing, China
  • Launches Next Generation ASICs for Low Power Spectrometers and High-Speed X-ray Imaging
2005
  • Opened Direct Sales office in Beijing China
2004
  • First production ingot with Mu Tau e- >1.2 x 10-2
  • Nasa Swift Mission Scheduled for launch
  • Established direct sales offices in Germany
2003
  • Awarded ARDEC conulact to develop CZT sensor technology for the next generation of X-ray inspection systems to support Homeland Security, Military, Industrial and Medical Applications
2002
  • Installed patented detector bonding line/filed for patents on Z-bond®
  • Started Generation 4 furnaces for production
  • Established direct sales office in Japan
  • Started work with Los Alamos National Laboratory on hand-held CZT Spectrometer
2001
  • Completed Shipment of 40,000 detectors to NASA
  • Purchased 2 Multi-wire Saws for high volume detector fabrication
  • Generation 4 furnaces built for production
2000
  • eV PRODUCTS was awarded contract to supply NASA with 40,000 CZT detectors (SWIFT Mission)
1999
  • 4th Generation 3 Furnace built
1998
  • New 35,000 sqft (3,000 m2) building was constructed
1997
  • Broke Ground for New 35,000 sq. ft. (3,000 sq. m.) facility
  • CZT goes to space in Liquid Metal diffusion experiment flight
  • CZT lands on Mars
  • Installed Class 1000 Clean room
  • Built three Generation 3 Furnaces
  • eV PRODUCTS develops first ASIC in collaboration with BNL
1996
  • Lunar Bone Mineral Densitometer is developed and marketed with eV-CZT™ for Dual Energy X-ray Absorption (DEXA)
1995
  • First production of monolithic arrays
  • Completed 3,000 sq ft. addition to II-VI facility
  • New Generation 2 furnaces added to existing space
1994
  • Limited availability of Large Volume detectors
  • CPG detector for CZT - Invented by Paul Luke at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
1993
  • First Spectrometer grade CZT material Grown
  • First ever Coaxial Detector manufactured and demonstrated
1992
  • II-VI Inc acquires eV PRODUCTS, a specialized electronic component company, allowing combination of high performance preamplifiers with CdTe/CZT
1991
  • eV PRODUCTS started CdTe/CZT with HPB growth technique
1990
  • II-VI funded program to develop CZT for radiation sensors
1989
  • Exploration of charge sensitive preamplifiers at Brookhaven National Laboratory(BNL).
  • These preamplifiers are still sold by EI Detection & Imaging Systems.