The present disclosure provides a high purity germanium detector. The high purity germanium detector includes: an array of high purity germanium crystal units including two or more high purity germanium crystal units, wherein, each of the two or more high purity germanium crystal units comprises a partial electrode on a side surface and/or a first top surface, and the electrodes on the side surfaces and/or the first top surfaces of the two or more high purity germanium crystal units are electrically connected together to form a first contact electrode of the high purity germanium detector; and each of the high purity germanium crystal units comprises a respective second contact electrode therein, such that the high purity germanium detector comprises two or more second contact electrodes.
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