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Ascertaining an electrical direct current component in the converter element

US10120082B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Thorsten ERGLER · Erlangen, DE
Edgar Goederer · Forchheim, DE
Michael Hosemann · Erlangen, DE
Kurt Stadlthanner · Ergolding, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2017
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/244
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A counting X-ray detector for converting X-ray radiation into electrical signal pulses is disclosed. The counting X-ray detector includes, in a stacked arrangement, an illumination layer, a converter element and an evaluation unit. The illumination layer is designed to illuminate the converter element. The evaluation unit includes a measuring device for ascertaining an electrical direct current component in the converter element and a counting device for ascertaining from the signal pulses a number or an energy of events. A measuring electrode is formed on the converter element and an electrically conducting connection is formed between the measuring electrode and the measuring device.

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