Radiation detector and method for producing same
AssigneeHamamatsu Photonics K.K.
InventorsNarihiro Yoshida, Syouji Kurebayashi, Kiyotaka Yoshida
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Abstract
A radiation detector includes: a light detection panel that has a light-receiving unit, and a bonding pad that is electrically connected to the light-receiving unit; a scintillator layer that is provided on the light detection panel to cover the light-receiving unit; and a protective layer that is provided on the light detection panel to cover the scintillator layer. An outer edge portion of the protective layer has an adhesive portion that is in close contact with the light detection panel in a region between the scintillator layer and the bonding pad, and an extension that extends from the adhesive portion to an opposite side of the light detection panel in a self-supporting state.
Claims7
A radiation detector comprising:
- a light detection panel that has a light-receiving unit, and a bonding pad that is electrically connected to the light-receiving unit;
- a scintillator layer that is provided on the light detection panel to cover the light-receiving unit;
- and
- a protective layer that is provided on the light detection panel to cover the scintillator layer so that the scintillator layer is located between the light detection panel and the protective layer,
- wherein an outer edge portion of the protective layer has
- an adhesive portion that is in close contact with the light detection panel in a region between the scintillator layer and the bonding pad, and
- an extension that is connected to the adhesive portion at a proximal end of the extension and that extends from the adhesive portion to an opposite side of the light detection panel in a self-supporting state in which the extension is not connected to any other element of the radiation detector other than the adhesive portion at the proximal end of the extension.
A method for producing a radiation detector, the method comprising:
- preparing a light detection panel having a light-receiving unit and a bonding pad electrically connected to the light-receiving unit, and providing a scintillator layer on the light detection panel to cover the light-receiving unit;
- providing a masking member on the light detection panel to cover the bonding pad;
- providing a protective layer on the light detection panel to cover the scintillator layer, a region between the scintillator layer and the bonding pad, and the masking member, so that the scintillator layer is located between the light detection panel and the protective layer;
- cutting the protective layer on the masking member by irradiating a laser beam along an edge portion of the scintillator side of the masking member;
- and
- removing the masking member,
- wherein an outer edge portion of the protective layer has
- an adhesive portion that is in close contact with the light detection panel in a region between the scintillator layer and the bonding pad, and
- an extension that is connected to the adhesive portion at a proximal end of the extension and that extends from the adhesive portion to an opposite side of the light detection panel in a self-supporting state in which the extension is not connected to any other element of the radiation detector other than the adhesive portion at the proximal end of the extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.