Patent ID: 8466424

Claim:
A device that detects electromagnetic radiation, comprising: an assembly of juxtaposed parallelepipedic semiconductor detection blocks, each detection block including a given length separating a detection face and at least one rear face opposite to the said detection face, a given thickness separating a first polarization face with one or more electrodes and a second polarization face with one or more other electrodes, and a given width, wherein the detection blocks include a first detection block and a second detection block that are adjacent, a first polarization face of the second detection block is located opposite of a first polarization face of the first detection block, at least one electrode located on the first polarization face of said first detection block is electrically connected to at least one electrode located on the first polarization face of said second block, the first detection block is longer than said second detection block or wider than said second detection block, and an area of the first polarization face of said first detection block projects beyond the first polarization face of said second detection block so that electrodes located on said area are accessible.