Local storage device in high flux semiconductor radiation detectors and methods of operating thereof
US10396109B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/195
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A detector element circuit for a CT imaging system may include a plurality of sensors for detecting photons passing through an object and a first electronic component configured to determine an energy of photons detected by the plurality of sensors and generate photon count data, which may be a count of detected photons in one or more energy bins. The detector element circuit may further include a second electronic component configured to receive the photon count data from the first electronic component and is clocked at a first clock rate; a local memory storage configured to receive the photon count data from the second electronic component at the first clock rate and to output the photon count data at a second clock rate.
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