Patent ID: 6417514
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A sensor/support system, comprising:a sensor assembly comprising a radiation detector which is substantially planar and lying parallel to a reference plane, the radiation detector being made of a detector material, a readout circuit, and an interconnect joining the radiation detector to the readout circuit, the interconnect being made of an interconnect material; and a support structure, the support structure comprising a platform having a first side to which the sensor assembly is affixed and a second side oppositely disposed from the first side, the platform being made of a platform material, a hollow tubular cold finger having a top end bonded to a periphery of the platform and an oppositely disposed bottom end, and a shim bonded to the second side of the platform, the shim being made of a shim material different from the detector material and the platform material.