Ionizing radiation detector with reduced street width and improved count rate stability
AssigneeRedlen Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPramodha Marthandam, Michael Kevin Jackson
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Abstract
An ionizing radiation detector, such as a photon counting computed tomography detector, includes a semiconductor material plate, a plurality of anodes located on a first side of the semiconductor material plate, where the gaps (i.e., streets) between adjacent anodes are less than 15 μm in width, and at least one cathode located on a second side of the semiconductor material plate. Ionizing radiation detectors according to various embodiments may have improved count rate stability (CRS) characteristics and a reduced number of Non-Conforming Pixels (NCPs) relative to conventional detectors.
Claims13
An ionizing radiation detector, comprising:
- a semiconductor material plate;
- a plurality of anodes located on a first side of the semiconductor material plate, wherein gaps between adjacent anodes of the plurality of anodes are less than 15 μm in width;
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- at least one cathode located on a second side of the semiconductor material plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.