| 1989 |
- Exploration of charge sensitive preamplifiers at Brookhaven National Laboratory(BNL). These preamplifiers are still sold by eV PRODUCTS
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| 1990 |
- II-VI funded program to develop CZT for radiation sensors
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| 1991 |
- eV PRODUCTS started CdTe/CZT with HPB growth technique
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| 1992 |
- II-VI Inc acquires eV PRODUCTS, a specialized electronic component company, allowing combination of high performance preamplifiers with CdTe/CZT
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| 1993 |
- First Spectrometer grade CZT material Grown
- First ever Coaxial Detector manufactured and demonstrated
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| 1994 |
- Limited availability of Large Volume detectors
- CPG detector for CZT - Invented by Paul Luke at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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| 1995 |
- First production of monolithic arrays
- Completed 3,000 sq ft. addition to II-VI facility
- New Generation 2 furnaces added to existing space
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| 1996 |
- Lunar Bone Mineral Densitometer is developed and marketed with eV-CZTTM for Dual Energy X-ray Absorption (DEXA)
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| 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
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| 1998 |
- New 35,000 sqft (3,000 m2) building was constructed
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| 1999 |
- 4th Generation 3 Furnace built
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| 2000 |
- eV PRODUCTS was awarded contract to supply NASA with 40,000 CZT detectors (SWIFT Mission)
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| 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
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| 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
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| 2003 |
- Awarded ARDEC contract to develop CZT sensor technology for the next generation of X-ray inspection systems to support Homeland Security, Military, Industrial and Medical Applications
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| 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
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| Coming Soon: |
- Generation 5 furnace for operation in Calendar Year 2005 for Higher Quality, Higher Yielding CZT
- Look for a few new ASICs to enable and expand eV-CZT? detectors
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