Global Semiconductor Radiation Detector Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Semiconductor Radiation Detector Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Semiconductor radiation detector is a radiation detector using semiconductor material as detection medium. The most common semiconductor materials are germanium and silicon, whose basic principle is similar to that of gas ionization chamber, so it is also called solid ionization chamber. These detectors produce pulse of electric current by means of pairs of charge carriers, electrons and holes, generated when the detectors come in contact with ionizing radiation. At present, semiconductor radiation detectors have been widely used in medical image detection, nuclear safety monitoring, environmental radiation monitoring, industrial nondestructive testing, cosmic science and nuclear science research.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Semiconductor Radiation Detector market finds that the global Semiconductor Radiation Detector market reached a value of USD 128.14 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 185.4 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 6.35% during the forecast period.

Downstream market demand continues to grow

The radiation detection industry has grown over the past 50 years, due to the progression of understanding and uses of radiation in both academics and industry; with the last decade inviting concerns of improved and continued homeland security and responses to industrial accidents such as the Fukushima meltdown.

Nuclear industry, homeland security, and high-energy astrophysics research play an important strategic role for all countries. With the increasing R&D investment and the rapid development of microelectronic technology, all kinds of new semiconductor detectors have been developed continuously, which meet the increasing detection requirements of physical research and other fields. In the future, semiconductor radiation detection technology will have a broad application prospect not only in high-energy physics and astrophysics experiments, but also in many fields such as medicine imaging, safety inspection and detection, industry and so on.

Medical Imaging market demand growth

Among the current medical detection methods, medical image data is the most important information source for disease screening and diagnosis and treatment, and it is also an important means to assist clinical diagnosis and treatment. From the technical point of view, the general trend of medical imaging equipment is to be clearer, faster, more convenient, safer and smarter. Semiconductor detectors, originally developed for particle physics applications, are now widely used for diagnostic medicine. The success of semiconductor detectors can be credited to several unique properties that are not usually available with other types of devices: excellent energy resolution, high detection efficiency and possibility of development of compact and tough detection systems. With the deepening of the aging trend in the future and the increasing number of people suffering from cancer and chronic diseases, the demand for medical imaging diagnostic equipment is increasing, which promotes the development of semiconductor radiation detector market.

Region Overview:

In 2022, the share of the Semiconductor Radiation Detector market in North America stood at 39.66%.

Company Overview:

Hitachi is one of the major players operating in the Semiconductor Radiation Detector market, holding a share of 26.44% in 2022.

Hitachi

Hitachi, Ltd. headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is focused on its Social Innovation Business that combines information technology (IT), operational technology (OT) and products. Hitachi drives digital innovation across five sectors - Mobility, Smart Life, Industry, Energy and IT - through Lumada, Hitachi's advanced digital solutions, services, and technologies for turning data into insights to drive digital innovation. Its purpose is to deliver solutions that increase social, environmental and economic value for its customers.

Redlen Technologies

Redlen Technologies is the leading provider of multi-energy, X-ray imaging modules based on proprietary Cadmium Zinc Telluride imaging sensors.

Redlen Technologies precision energy detection platform provides solutions to Global Fortune 500 companies in the medical imaging, security and non-destructive testing market segments.

Leveraging an industry-leading proprietary process for the production and fabrication of CZT semiconductors, Redlen imaging modules combine leading edge semiconductor material with sophisticated electronics to create market specific value-added detector module solutions.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, Silicon Detector segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2021.

Silicon Detector

Most silicon particle detectors work, in principle, by doping narrow (usually around 100 micrometers wide) silicon strips to turn them into diodes, which are then reverse biased. As charged particles pass through these strips, they cause small ionization currents that can be detected and measured. Arranging thousands of these detectors around a collision point in a particle accelerator can yield an accurate picture of what paths particles take. Silicon detectors have a much higher resolution in tracking charged particles than older technologies such as cloud chambers or wire chambers. The drawback is that silicon detectors are much more expensive than these older technologies and require sophisticated cooling to reduce leakage currents (noise source). They also suffer degradation over time from radiation, however this can be greatly reduced thanks to the Lazarus effect.

Germanium Detector

Germanium detectors are mostly used for gamma spectroscopy in nuclear physics, as well as x-ray spectroscopy. While silicon detectors cannot be thicker than a few millimeters, germanium can have a depleted, sensitive thickness of centimeters, and therefore can be used as a total absorption detector for gamma rays up to few MeV. These detectors are also called high-purity germanium detectors (HPGe) or hyperpure germanium detectors. The major drawback of germanium detectors is that they must be cooled to liquid nitrogen temperatures to produce spectroscopic data.

CZT Detector

Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detectors have been developed for use in X-ray spectroscopy and gamma spectroscopy. The high density of materials mean they can effectively attenuate X-rays and gamma-rays with energies of greater than 20 keV that traditional silicon-based sensors are unable to detect. The wide band gap of these materials also mean they have high resistivity and are able to operate at, or close to, room temperature unlike germanium-based sensors. Cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector materials can be used to produce sensors with different electrode structures for imaging and high resolution spectroscopy. However, CZT detectors are generally unable to match the resolution of germanium detectors, with some of this difference being attributable to poor positive charge-carrier transport to the electrode. Efforts to mitigate this effect have included development of novel electrodes to negate the need for both polarities of carriers to be collected.

Application Overview:

By application, the Physical Research segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Semiconductor Radiation Detector market covered in Chapter 3:

Hitachi
Kromek
Baltic Scientific Instruments
AMETEK
Thermo Fisher
Redlen Technologies
MIRION

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Semiconductor Radiation Detector market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Silicon Detector
Germanium Detector
CZT Detector
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Semiconductor Radiation Detector market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Physical Research
Industrial Monitoring
Medical Imaging
Homeland Security
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)