PHDS COMPANY
Ring Contact Detector (RCD), a large-mass low-background germanium semiconductor detector for nuclear physics and radiation detection
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Knoxville, TN
- Total capital
- $8.8M
- Federal grants
- $8.8M
- 14 awards · 2015–2021
- Rank in peer group#16 of 72
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Large volume Ring-Contact HPGe Detectors (RCD) for low-background counting arrays and radiopurity-assay$1.1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Dynamic Gamma-ray Imaging for In Vivo Tracking of Microelement Transport Across Plant-Microbial Systems$1.5M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Large Volume Ring-Contact HPGe Detectors RCD) for Low-Background Counting Arrays and Radiopurity-Assay$200K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Dynamic Gamma-ray Imaging for In Vivo Tracking of Microelement Transport Across Plant-Microbial Systems$225K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · High Purity 6-inch+ Diameter Single Crystal Germanium Wafers for Dark Matter CCD Photon Detectors$1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Nuclear Physics Gamma-ray Imaging System for Real-Time Rare Isotope Harvesting, Monitoring and Radiochemical Separation – NP Imager$1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · High Purity 6-inch+ Diameter Single Crystal Germanium Wafers for Dark Matter CCD Photon Detectors$150K
Show 7 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Pixel Array Germanium Detectors for Nuclear Physics$1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Nuclear Physics Gamma-ray Imaging System for Real-Time Rare Isotope Harvesting, Monitoring and Radiochemical Separation – NP Imager$155K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · Charge collection physics in very large diameter germanium crystals$1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Pixel Array Germanium Detectors for Nuclear Physics$150K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · HIgh-Resolution Gamma-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy for Special Nuclear Material Assay GeGI-DNN)$150K
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase II · High Rate Segmented Germanium Detector System (HRGe)$1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · Charge collection physics in very large diameter germanium crystals$150K
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Standing among 72 peers
Line = medianSemiconductors · Device
- Federal grants#16 · top 22%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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