Patent ID: 8809784

Claim:
A method for packaging an incident radiation detector, comprising: forming a detector wafer, wherein forming the detector wafer comprises: forming a plurality of detector arrays on a detector substrate, each detector array comprising a plurality of individual detectors; forming a plurality of reference detector arrays on the detector substrate, each detector array having at least one reference detector array associated therewith; forming a plurality of detector seal rings on the detector substrate, each detector seal ring surrounding at least one detector array and at least one reference detector array; forming a lid wafer, wherein forming the lid wafer comprises: depositing an opaque material on a first surface of a lid substrate, the opaque material having reduced bonding with a bonding agent; forming a plurality of windows in the opaque material; forming a plurality of cavities in the lid substrate; forming a plurality of lid seal rings partially formed in the opaque material, wherein the opaque material comprises at least one layer of each lid seal ring of the plurality of lid seal rings, each lid seal ring surrounding at least one window in the opaque material; applying a bonding agent to at least one of the plurality of detector seal rings or the plurality of lid seal rings; aligning the plurality of detector seal rings with the plurality of lid seal rings; and bonding the lid wafer and the detector wafer together with the bonding agent.