Detector arrangement
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsMichael Overdick, Matthias Simon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a detector arrangement for the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals. The detector arrangement includes sensitive areas (D1, D2, D3, D4), where each sensitive area corresponds to a respective electrical signal, and at least two of the sensitive areas mesh with one another in such a manner that non-overlapping envelopes (C1, C2, C3, C4) of the individual meshing sensitive areas also mesh with one another.
Claims16
A detector arrangement for the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals, which arrangement includes sensitive areas, each of which corresponds to a respective electrical signal, wherein at least two of the sensitive areas mesh with one another by positioning a portion of one of the sensitive areas in a fully enclosed free area of another one of the sensitive areas.
A method for the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals, which method comprises:
- emission of electromagnetic radiation by a radiation source,
- detection of the electromagnetic radiation by means of a detector arrangement which includes sensitive areas,
- conversion of the electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals such that the sensitive areas of the detector arrangement correspond unambiguously to a respective electrical signal, wherein at least two of the sensitive areas mesh with one another so that a portion of one of the sensitive areas is positioned in a fully enclosed free area of another one of the sensitive areas, and
- propagation of the electrical signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.