| 1989 |
• Exploration of charge sensitive preamplifiers
at Brookhaven National Laboratory(BNL).
These preamplifiers are still sold by eV PRODUCTS |
| 1990 |
| • II-VI funded program to develop
CZT for radiation sensors |
| 1991 |
| • eV PRODUCTS started CdTe/CZT with
HPB growth technique |
| 1992 |
• II-VI Inc acquires eV PRODUCTS, a
specialized electronic component company, allowing
combination of high performance preamplifiers with CdTe/CZT
|
| 1993 |
• First Spectrometer grade CZT
material Grown
• First ever Coaxial Detector manufactured
and demonstrated |
| 1994 |
• Limited availability of Large Volume
detectors
• CPG detector for CZT - Invented by Paul
Luke at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory |
| 1995 |
• First production of monolithic
arrays
• Completed 3,000 sq ft. addition to II-VI
facility
• New Generation 2 furnaces added to
existing space |
| 1996 |
• Lunar Bone Mineral Densitometer is
developed and marketed with eV-CZT™ for Dual
Energy X-ray Absorption (DEXA) |
| 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 |
| 1998 |
| • New 35,000 sqft (3,000 m2)
building was constructed |
| 1999 |
| • 4th Generation 3 Furnace built |
| 2000 |
| • eV PRODUCTS was awarded contract
to supply NASA with 40,000 CZT detectors (SWIFT Mission) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2005 |
| • Opened Direct Sales office in
Beijing China www.iivibj.com/eV |
| 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 |
| Coming soon: |
• Next Generation CZT based Portable
Spectrometer Engines for Homeland Security
to be developed
• CZT Based, Multi-Color X-ray Imaging Systems for
Medical, Security and Industrial
Imaging and Diagnostics
• Implementing Generation 5+ CdZnTe Furnace for significant
process enhancements
to further improved CZT quality and yield |
