Scintillation detector with a high count rate

US10451750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH · DE
• COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR
• Integrated Detector Electronics AS · NO
• Legal Division European Spallation Source ERIC · SE

Inventors

• Sebastian Jaksch · Neufahrn bei Freising, DE
• Henrich Frielinghaus · Munich, DE
• Ralf Engels · Heroldsbach, DE
• Günter Kemmerling · Linnich, DE
• Kalliopi Kanaki · Malmö, SE
• Richard Hall-Wilton · Malmö, SE
• Sylvain Désert · Brétigny-sur-Orge, FR
• Codin Gheorghe · Sandvika, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F39/1898
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns a scintillation detector with which high count rates and/or high resolutions are possible. The scintillator of the claimed scintillation detector is formed from pixels (2), which are separated from each other by interstices (4). Alternatively or additionally, the surface of the scintillator is divided by grooves into pixels (2). Such a structure enables not only a particularly high resolution. When multiple detector modules are used, it also allows high count rates in the range of roughly 20 MHz.