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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129688 | Method and apparatus for a radiation detector The invention is directed at a radiation detector which includes a grid electrode located within the detector to assist in the charge collection process. The grid electrode is preferably embedded within a semiconductor layer between two electrode layers, one of the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8110806 | Solid-state photomultiplier having improved timing resolution A solid-state photomultiplier is provided for use in imaging detectors. The solid-state photomultiplier includes a plurality of microcells configured to detect impinging photons. Each of the plurality of microcells further includes a photodiode coupled to a common e... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8063378 | High-energy detector The preferred embodiments are directed to a high-energy detector that is electrically shielded using an anode, a cathode, and a conducting shield to substantially reduce or eliminate electrically unshielded area. The anode and the cathode are disposed at opposite en... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8039807 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device A part of exposure beam through a liquid (LQ) via a projection optical system (PL) enters a light-transmitting section (44), enters an optical member (41) without passing through gas, and is focused. The exposure apparatus receives the exposure light f... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8003950 | Radiation detector, X-ray CT apparatus, and method for manufacturing radiation detector A radiation detector includes: a base plate; and a radiation detection unit provided on one major surface side of the base plate and configured to output an electrical signal proportional to intensity of radiation. The base plate includes a buffer section at a junct... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7977643 | Radiation detector assembly, radiation detector, and method for radiation detection An assembly for detecting radiation is described. The assembly includes a host matrix with particles suspended within the host matrix. The particles are capable of generating a charge carrier upon interaction with the radiation. A first electrode is disposed adjacen... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7960700 | Cellular telephone-based radiation detection instrument A network of radiation detection instruments, each having a small solid state radiation sensor module integrated into a cellular phone for providing radiation detection data and analysis directly to a user. The sensor module includes a solid-state crystal bonded to ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7947958 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device A part of exposure beam through a liquid (LQ) via a projection optical system (PL) enters a light-transmitting section (44), enters an optical member (41) without passing through gas, and is focused. The exposure apparatus receives the exposure light f... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947959 | Enhanced sensitivity solid state radiation detector A solid state radiation detector comprises a substrate having a sensing element thereon and at least one heavy metal plug formed in at least one insulation layer above the substrate. The at least one heavy metal plug is located directly above the sensing element and... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7915592 | Dual-sided microstructured, position-sensitive detector The invention relates to a detector for determining the position and/or energy of photons and/or charged particles. Said detector comprises a plurality of diodes made of a semi-conductor material, n-contacts (1) and p-contacts (4), the n-contacts being... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7902512 | Coplanar high fill factor pixel architecture A pixel comprising a scan line proximate to a first surface of a substrate and a bias line between the first surface of the substrate and a first terminal of a photosensing element, where a portion of the bias line is substantially parallel to the scan line. The pix... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897927 | Readers that cooperate with single-use internal dosimeters for detecting radiation in medical procedures/therapies Methods, systems, devices, and computer program products include positioning single-use radiation internal dosimeters with MOSFETs into a patient to evaluate the radiation dose delivered during a medical procedure or treatment session. The MOSFETs can be unpowered d... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7888648 | Radiological measurement system and radiological imaging system A radiological measurement system protecting an amplifier from damage caused by a surge current, ensuring temporal continuity of measurement with a minimum dead time, and including a high voltage DC supply for applying a bias voltage to a radiation detector formed o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7868298 | Radiation sensor element, method for producing a radiation sensor element and sensor field A radiation sensor element and a method for producing it, as well as a sensor field having a plurality of such radiation sensor elements, the radiation sensor element having a substrate and a planar sensor structure disposed above the substrate in a first plane, and... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7855369 | Radiation imaging element A radiation imaging element that includes radiation sensors disposed in a matrix so as to output signal charges corresponding to radiation transmitted through a subject, and TFTs for readout of signals from the radiation sensors, wherein ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7834320 | Remote biological, chemical and explosive detector A distributed detector system is provided for remotely detecting agents indicating the presence of particular biological, explosive, or chemical targets. The distributed detector system may be used for security threat detection, manufacturing or environmental monito... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829858 | Radiation detecting apparatus, and radiation image pickup system In a radiation detecting apparatus of the invention, plural pixels are arranged, and the pixel has a conversion element converting a radiation into an electric signal and a switching element connected to the conversion element. The conversion element includes a firs... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825384 | Quantum detector array A quantum detector array is provided. The array includes a semiconductor substrate and an epitaxial layer on the semiconductor substrate. The epitaxial layer includes a plurality of binary quantum sensor elements operable in breakdown mode to generate signals, logic... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820976 | Radiation image detector A radiation image detector with a moisture-proof structure which is formed easily. The radiation image detector includes: a substrate, a rectangular radiation detection unit provided on the substrate, with signal lines drawn out from each of a pair of opposing sides... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816651 | High detective quantum efficiency X-ray detectors An image acquisition apparatus includes a conversion layer for generating electrons in response to electromagnetic radiation photons, and a first semiconducting layer adjacent to the conversion layer for generating electron-hole pairs in response to electrons genera... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7800071 | Method, apparatus, and system of reducing polarization in radiation detectors Method, apparatus and system for reducing or preventing polarization in semiconductor radiation detectors for medical imaging. For example, an apparatus includes a semiconductor with electrodes coupled thereto, configured to generate an electrical signal in the elec... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7795592 | Image detector and manufacturing method of the same In an image detector that includes the following layers arranged on top of another: a charge generation layer that generates charges when exposed to a recording electromagnetic wave representing image information; and a charge detection layer that includes multitude... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7781739 | Quantum-imaging system and mode of operation and method of fabrication thereof A quantum-imaging system for detecting photons, including short-wavelength ( | 08/24/2010 |
| 7745795 | Radiation detector, radiation detector element, and radiation imaging apparatus In a gamma camera, a plurality of radiation detector elements having a rod-shaped first electrode, a semiconductor device surrounds the first electrode to contact with it for entering a radiation, and a second electrode provided for the side surface of the semicondu... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737409 | Silicon detector and method for constructing silicon detectors Described is a die having photodetectors provided on a first surface thereof. The die includes an insulative shell member, a conductive shell member and a photodetector conductor. The insulative shell member extends around a periphery of the photodetector receptors ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7732777 | Plasmon energy converter An energy converter employing plasmons. In a specific embodiment, a receiver receives a first type of energy or signal and provides one or more plasmons in response thereto. A detector is coupled to the receiver. The detector converts the one or more plasmons into a... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7723693 | Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation imaging system using the same At a radiation incident side of light generating means comprising light guiding means 300 including a light source such as an LED 301, a light guiding plate 303, a reflecting plate 304, a diffusing plate 305, and the like, radiatio... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7723692 | Solid state radiation sensor and manufacturing method of the same A solid state radiation sensor, in which an electrode is disposed on each side of a recording photoconductive layer, and charges generated in the recording photoconductive layer by the irradiation of radiation, with a predetermined bias voltage being applied between... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7714292 | Geiger mode avalanche photodiode A avalanche mode photodiode array (102) is fabricated using a silicon on insulator wafer and substrate transfer process. The array includes a plurality of photodiodes (100). The photodiodes (100) include an electrically insulative layer (206 | 05/11/2010 |
| 7692155 | Three-dimensional, position-sensitive radiation detection Disclosed herein is a method of determining a characteristic of radiation detected by a radiation detector via a multiple-pixel event having a plurality of radiation interactions. The method includes determining a cathode-to-anode signal ratio for a selected interac... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7671341 | Multi colour photon detectors Described herein is a multi-color radiation detector that comprises a mesa-type multi-layered mercury-cadmium-telluride detector structure monolithically integrated on a substrate. The detector is responsive to three or more discrete wavelength ranges and means is p... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7659515 | Electromagnetic and particle detector with reduced number of connections A detecting device comprises at least one 2-dimensional set of elementary sensors of the semiconductor type for transforming energy of radiation to be detected into electric signals. Each elementary sensor is provided on one side with an anode and on the opposite si... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7652258 | Method, apparatus, and system of reducing polarization in radiation detectors Method, apparatus and system for reducing or preventing polarization in semiconductor radiation detectors for medical imaging. For example, an apparatus includes a semiconductor with electrodes coupled thereto, configured to generate an electrical signal in the elec... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652257 | Structure of a solid state photomultiplier A solid-state photomultiplier (SSPM) includes an optical isolation structure therein. The SSPM includes a substrate and an epitaxial diode layer positioned on the substrate. A plurality of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are fabricated on the epitaxial diode layer and ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7612344 | Radiation detector and method A radiation detector and method. One embodiment provides a radiation detector including a semiconductor body with a first base zone of a first conduction type and with at least one second base zone arranged at least partly in the first base zone, extending in a vert... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7547889 | Photon detection device The present invention discloses a photon detection device that is adapted to detect at least one packet of photons. The photon detection device may include a photon-sensitive element having an output, an amplifier; and a non-linear feedback (NLF) element. The photon... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7528375 | Radiation detection circuit and radiological imaging apparatus using the same There is a need for high-precision detection timing in a radiological imaging apparatus using a semiconductor detector so as to decrease time variations against a noise and easily correct process variations. A radiation detection circuit includes: a semiconductor de... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7521682 | Processing circuitry for single channel radiation detector Processing circuitry is provided for a high voltage operated radiation detector. An event detector utilizes a comparator configured to produce an event signal based on a leading edge threshold value. A preferred event detector does not produce another event signal u... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7514687 | Energy ray detecting element The present invention relates to an energy ray detecting element having a structure for reducing noise effectively. The energy ray detecting element comprises an energy ray sensitive region, an output section, a plurality of electrodes, and a voltage dividing circui... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7462833 | Multi-functional cathode packaging design for solid-state radiation detectors A radiation detector includes a semiconductor substrate with opposing front and rear surfaces, where a cathode electrode is located on the front surface, a plurality of anode electrodes located on the rear surface, and an electrically conductive housing is placed in... | 12/09/2008 |
