Description
Silicon detectors are used in almost all (high energy) particle physics experiments. Silicon or semi-conductors in general are used in all electronics, since they are the basis of transistors and the reason why integrated circuits and chips are able to be smaller and smaller, when the right production techniques are used. Properties of the material, the historic development, wavers and applications will be discussed in detail. Some physical examples will be present and an introduction will be given to Medipix.
