Semiconductor radiation detector are applied in a wide variety of fields in science and technology, including nuclear physics, particle physics, astronomy, medical x-ray, and materials analysis. Among the semiconductor radiation probes, silicon is most used because of the availability of materials and process technology.

Silicon radiation detector is an R&D project in the Design, Simulation, Characterization, and Circuit Design Research Team (DSCRT). It is able to do various R&D tasks related to silicon detector technology such as numerical simulation of advanced detector structure, detector design and manufacture,  electrical characterization and radiation testing.