X-ray detectors with plastic housings
AssigneeVarex Imaging Corporation
InventorsXiaoyang Shen, Marcelo C. Costa, Matt McCabe
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Abstract
Some embodiments include an x-ray detector, comprising: a plastic housing including a conductive coating; a two-dimensional sensor array disposed in a within the plastic housing and configured to generate image data in response to incident x-rays; a front plate connected to the plastic housing, the front plate and the plastic housing forming an enclosure surrounding the two-dimensional sensor array; wherein the conductive coating and the front plate form at least part of an electromagnetic interference shield around the two-dimensional sensor array.
Claims20
An x-ray detector, comprising:
- a plastic housing including a conductive coating;
- a two-dimensional sensor array disposed in a within the plastic housing and configured to generate image data in response to incident x-rays;
- a front plate connected to the plastic housing, the front plate and the plastic housing forming an enclosure surrounding the two-dimensional sensor array;
- wherein the conductive coating and the front plate form at least part of an electromagnetic interference shield around the two-dimensional sensor array.
A method of forming an x-ray detector, comprising:
- providing a plastic housing;
- applying a conductive coating to the plastic housing;
- attaching a two-dimensional sensor array configured to generate image data in response to incident x-rays to the plastic housing;
- forming an enclosure surrounding the two-dimensional sensor array using the plastic housing and a front plate;
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- electrically connecting the two-dimensional sensor array to the conductive coating.
An x-ray detector, comprising:
- means for generating image data in response to x-rays;
- non-conductive means for supporting the means for generating the image data in response to the x-rays;
- means for forming an enclosure with the non-conductive means for supporting;
- electrically conductive means conformably disposed on the non-conductive means for shielding the means for generating the image data in response to the x-rays within the enclosure from electromagnetic interference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.