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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439155 | Isolation techniques for reducing dark current in CMOS image sensors Isolation methods and devices for isolating regions of a semiconductor device. The isolation method and structure include forming an isolating trench in an active area and filling the trench with a doped conductive material containing silicon. Suitable conductive ma... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429723 | Conversion apparatus, radiation detection apparatus, and radiation detection system A conversion apparatus includes pixels including switching elements provided on an insulating substrate and conversion elements disposed over the switching elements and connected to the switching elements. Conductive lines are coupled to the pixels and have terminal... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7202095 | Method for measuring silicide proportion, method for measuring annealing temperature, method for fabricating semiconductor device and x-ray photo receiver A measurement substrate 100 in which a silicon oxide film 102, a polysilicon layer 103 and a titanium silicide layer 104 are formed over a silicon substrate 101 in this order is prepared. The measurement substrate 100 is irr... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7030551 | Area sensor and display apparatus provided with an area sensor An area sensor of the present invention has a function of displaying an image in a sensor portion by using light-emitting elements and a reading function using photoelectric conversion devices. Therefore, an image read in the sensor portion can be displayed thereon ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6696687 | Radiation detector A radiation detector has a plurality of charge conversion elements which are laid out in a matrix and convert incoming radiation into charges, a plurality of capacitors for storing the charges generated by the charge conversion elements, and charge read e... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6665468 | Focal plane array optical data extraction and memory The charge of pixels in a FPA array is retrieved by propagating an optical wave through a waveguide to interact with pixel charges from the FPA. An optical detector receives an optical wave altered by the respective pixel charges as it travels. The optica... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6657180 | Detector with semiconductor for detecting ionizing radiation having a plane conducting structure A semiconductor detector including at least one block of detector pixels, each detector pixel being composed of a semiconductor element with a first face covered by a first armature and a second face covered by a second armature. The detector pixels are a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6627895 | Radiation image detecting system A radiation image detecting system includes a solid radiation detector. The solid radiation detector is formed by a conversion layer which converts radiations bearing thereon image information to electric charges, and a two-dimensional image reader which ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6512279 | Photoelectric converter, its driving method, and system including the photoelectric converter A photoelectric converter of a high signal-to-noise ratio, low cost, high productivity and stable characteristics and a system including the above photoelectric converter. The photoelectric converter includes a photoelectric converting portion in which a ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6509203 | Semiconductor imaging device and method for producing same In a semiconductor imaging device, the distance between the edge of a substrate and an edge-most charge collection contact is made as small as possible, preferably less than 500 μm and/or less than 1/3 of the substrate thickness. Additionally or alternat... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6507026 | Planar X-ray detector A planar X-ray detector has an X-ray charge conversion film converting an incident X-ray into electric charges, pixel electrodes provided on the X-ray charge conversion film corresponding to respective pixels arranged in an array, switching elements conne... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6495817 | Radiation detecting apparatus having an electrodeless region A carrier selective high resistance film is formed over an entire area between a thick amorphous semiconductor layer and a voltage application electrode, and an electrodeless region extends throughout a circumference of the voltage application electrode. ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6479825 | Low-energy particle sensor A low-energy particle sensor includes current collection areas which take the form of diodes partially covering the substrate. In detection areas defined alongside the collection areas the small thickness of the material enables low-energy particles (in p... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6465790 | Micro gamma camera with semiconducting detectors A micro gamma camera having several gamma radiation detection devices adjacent to each other. The detection devices are laid out above an information processing device that processes information output by the detection devices. Each of the detection devic... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6396046 | Imager with reduced FET photoresponse and high integrity contact via A light block material disposed over the photosensitive region of a switching device (e.g., TFT) of a radiation imager is disclosed. The light block material prevents optical photons emitted from a scintillator from passing into the switching device and b... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6353228 | Photosensor, and radiation detection apparatus and system Conventionally, a metal which is opaque to light has been employed for the common electrode of the pixels of a photosensor. Consequently, a common electrode line has concealed the light receiving portions of photodiodes and has lowered the opening degree ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6332016 | Photoelectric conversion device, manufacturing method thereof, and x-ray imaging system including the device In order to provide a photoelectric conversion device of high S/N ratio or high resolution in which the outputs of sensor cells except any defective sensor cell can be made to have normal values, thereby to obtain data of higher precision, any switching e... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6323475 | Hybrid semiconductor imaging device having plural readout substrates An imaging device includes one detector substrate with a plurality of readout substrates connected thereto. The detector substrate has a bias contact on a first surface and a number of detector cell contacts on a second surface. The readout substrate incl... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6249033 | Controlled-drift apparatus for detecting energy and point of incidence of electromagnetic radiations or ionizing particles An apparatus for detecting energy and point of incidence of an ionizing event comprising a semiconductor layer with a first type of conductivity, in which at least one first doped region with the first type of conductivity and a corresponding plurality of... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6245601 | Photoelectric converter, method for driving photoelectric converter and system having photoelectric converter There is provided a photoelectric converter comprising a photoelectric conversion element of a laminated structure comprising a first electrode layer, an insulation layer for blocking the passage of a first carrier and a second carrier, a photoelectric co... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6194726 | Semiconductor radiation detector with downconversion element A radiation detection device for gamma radiation is disclosed having an array of crystals optically positioned adjacent an optional collimator, the crystals emitting visible light upon illumination by the incident gamma radiation. An array of photodetecto... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6188089 | Semiconductor imaging device A semiconductor imaging device includes a semiconductor radiation detector substrate, for example of cadmium zinc telluride, with at least two faces. A first face has at least one charge output contact formed from electrically conductive material or mater... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6121620 | Radiation detector and process for its production A large-area, compact and highly reliable radiation detector is produced by a process comprising the steps of laminating a phosphor sheet to a substrate having at least a photoelectric transducer, a driving element and a wiring matrix, and sealing the pho... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6080997 | Electromagnetic-wave detector An electromagnetic-wave detector having an electromagnetic-wave detection unit having the structure that M (Mࣙ1) contiguous pairs of a metallic layer and an insulating layer are provided at the side of incidence of an electromagnetic-wave, such as X-ray... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6075256 | Photoelectric converter, its driving method, and system including the photoelectric converter A photoelectric converter of a high signal-to-noise ratio, low cost, high productivity and stable characteristics and a system including the above photoelectric converter. The photoelectric converter includes a photoelectric converting portion in which a ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6055450 | Bifurcated gamma camera system The medical imaging system has first and second gamma camera heads. Each head has a front facing an examination field. The heads are articulatable between a first plurality of relevant orientations in which a first edge of the first head is aligned with t... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6049074 | Photoelectric conversion device In a photoelectric conversion device including peripheral ICs, the peripheral ICs are in thermal contact with a substrate having photoelectric conversion elements and a chassis, which covers the peripheral ICs and has high thermal conductivity, via a ther... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6034373 | Semiconductor radiation detector with reduced surface effects A semiconductor detector including a substrate formed of a semiconductor material and defining two opposite facing surfaces and at least one side wall, electrodes formed on two opposite facing surfaces of the substrate, the electrodes on one of the two op... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6001667 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor detector for detecting light and radiation A method of manufacturing a semiconductor detector for detecting light and radiation comprises the steps of providing a first semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, attaching a second substrate to the first semiconductor substrate through a... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5994157 | Method of making a large area imager with UV Blocking layer, and corresponding imager This invention is related to a radiation imager (e.g. X-ray imager) including a thin film transistor (TFT) array, and method of making same. A photo-imageable insulating material having a low dielectric constant is provided in areas of overlap between ele... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5981931 | Image pick-up device and radiation imaging apparatus using the device An image pick-up device comprises an insulating substrate, and a plurality of pixels each including a photo-electric conversion circuit, a thin-film transistor connected to the photoelectric conversion circuit and including a lamination of an insulating f... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5965872 | Photoelectric conversion device having flexible cable fixed to chassis In a photoelectric conversion device including peripheral ICs, the peripheral ICs are in thermal contact with a substrate having photoelectric conversion elements and a chassis, which covers the peripheral ICs and has high thermal conductivity, via a ther... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5952646 | Low temperature bump-bonding semiconductor imaging device A semiconductor imaging device, for use, for example, in medical diagnosis and non-destructive testing, includes a radiation detector semiconductor substrate and a readout substrate connected to the detector by means of low temperature solder bumps A low ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5929499 | Photodiode array In a photodiode array suitable for use in an x-ray detector for computed tomography, the influences of direct conversion of x-rays into contributions to the electrical output signal and optical cross-talk between channels in the photodiode array are signi... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5905264 | Semiconductor detector A semiconductive detector includes a semiconductor substrate having electrodes formed at two opposite-facing surfaces thereof. A peripheral side-wall extends between the two opposite facing-surfaces, and an electrical insulator is formed on at least a por... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5886353 | Imaging device An imaging device for producing images from electron-hole producing radiation. Electron-hole pairs are produced in a radiation absorbing layer comprised of a photoconductive material. This layer covers an array of metal oxide semiconductor pixel circuits ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5852296 | X-ray imaging apparatus A plurality of photoelectric conversion sections correspond respectively to a plurality of pixels arranged on a detection surface for converting incident X rays into charge. A plurality of charge storage sections store the charge converted by the pluralit... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5847396 | Semiconductor gamma-ray camera and medical imaging system A high-energy photon imaging system including an imaging head, a signal processor, a data acquisition system and an image processing computer. The imaging head includes a detector comprising a plurality of closely-packed detection modules. Each detection ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5827757 | Fabrication of large area x-ray image capturing element A large imaging panel useful for direct radiography is prepared from two or four discrete modules, or tiles, containing arrays of solid state pixels. In preparing the large panels, a protective layer is applied over the array of solid state pixels on each... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5825033 | Signal processing method for gamma-ray semiconductor sensor A CdZnTe detector array with pixel electrodes indium-bump-bonded to a multiplexer readout circuit. The pixel size is selected so as to minimize the effect of hole trapping while ensuring that all interacting electrons deposit their energy in a designated ... | 10/20/1998 |
