  This paper describes the development of a 163-channel Hybrid Photo-Diode
(HPD) to be used in the RICH Detector for the BTEV Experiment. This is a joint
development project with DEP, Netherlands. It also reports on the development
of associated front-end readout electronics based on the va_btev ASIC,
undertaken with IDEAS, Norway. Results from bench tests of the first prototypes
are presented.
